The book combines the authors extensive personal experience working in global companies with in-depth case studies of multiple businesses to explore what it takes to create a culture built around performance execution.

David shares insights from over 35 years of experience working with companies to assess, diagnose, and increase employee morale. He highlights the three fundamental things that all employees want from a job.

Jac and Erik tell us about a new tool being launched by Human Capital Source in partnership with SuccessFactors, Oracle, Target Stores, and several other major organizations that will fundamentally change the nature of workforce planning and human capital metrics.

Professor Mayo calls attention to critical things affecting a companys ability to accurately evaluate the productivity of its workforce. This includes understanding how people actually spend their time and leveraging multiple measurement methods to accurately evaluate performance and potential. He also emphasizes the need to examine performance from multiple perspectives. People do not possess a single talent, they have different talents that they apply in different ways. Fully understanding and leveraging the capabilities of your workforce requires looking at talent from multiple angles.

Ever wonder why some people can effectively move from one challenge to another while others struggle with even the smallest changes? In this interview, Kim explains the meaning of leadership agility and why it is so critical to leadership success. He discusses the concept of leadership agility and describes the three main types of agility that make or break leadership performance.

He tells us about the importance of using multiple measures to dial in on the true performance of people at all levels of an organization. He also shares innovative ideas on how to graphically display performance management data so business leaders can effectively use it to make strategic talent decisions. He caps off the interview with stories about how performance management is helping drive higher levels of productivity in healthcare and other industries struggling to get the right people in the right jobs.

Dr. Steve and Erik rap about thought leadership in the talent management space.

The show is going to take a turn starting next week. For the next few months the show is going to focus exclusively on interviews of Thought Leaders in the Talen Management industry!

Health Net deals with a quickly growing and vastly distributed workforce. They also work in employee assistance and counseling for the united states military. Don't miss this interview!

Dr. Steve announces that he will be writing a new book next year plus an interview with Mark Rutherford (Baypoint) from Kelly Bluebook.