Susan Scott, Founder & CEO of Fierce, Inc. discusses current performance reviews in business today and how they need to change. Scott will share some actionable tips on what leaders can do differently to make the most impact. Fierce is a leadership development company that transforms the conversations central to their clients’ success. If you talk, you need Fierce. If you don’t talk, you need Fierce even more.

In this podcast with Jake Soliman of Aon, we discuss the crucial next steps that take place after an organization has opted to implement a cloud-based integrated HR solution. Jake shares best practices for securing buy-in from leadership, indicators of organizational transformation success, and stories of success he has experienced with his many clients.

Learn about The Alliance, the new employment contract, which when implemented properly will allow your top talent to thrive while serving their tours of duty at your organization. This podcast provides tips to do this through managerial training for greater organizational alignment.

People don’t learn the way they used to, so why are we trying to teach them they way we always have? In this HCI Podcast, Devin Dreher, Informal Learning Consultant at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., explains how this global media organization is using informal learning to develop employees and support business strategy in an era of constant change.

In this 10 minute interview with Quinn Thompson Director, Global Diversity and Talent Acquisition at the International Paper Company, we ask her: Could you compare and contrast for us the past state to current state after your implementation of the global HRIS and ATS systems along with predictive analytics? What are you surprised in terms of gaps in processes or functions which are not integrated but should be? With your predictive analytics capabilities, what are you able to predict? What successes have you had so far?

In this 9 minute interview with Bill Huffaker, Ph.D. Global Director of Talent Management and Acquisition at General Motors, we ask him: Are Millennials and employers in agreement with the new employment contract? Are their expectations aligned? Do we need to modernize performance management to address short-term tenure? What is the benefit of doing so? Should we be spending less time identifying high-potentials inside of organizations and more time attracting them from the outside?

The growing trend of providing coaching and mentoring to larger employee populations has left many organizations scrambling to implement models and programs which can serve to support their unique development needs. Instead of throwing darts at a wall, take a page from Jessica Saltz who has put together a scalable and repeatable program geared at individual career facilitation at BNP Paribas.

Learn from culture change expert Dr. Kathie Sorenson how to make certain that your desired-state culture is being reinforced through a well-intentioned and thoughtful incentive program. Among the concepts discussed in this podcast are the critical role a manager plays in delegating and reciprocating rewards and recognition. Listen to this podcast to get a solid understanding of the key first steps toward a successful recognition program.

Does an organization define itself as a technology laggard when opting to quickly bridge the skills gap? Perhaps a longer view is necessary to position an organization as a technology leader. This is the subject of this short interview with Boston University economist and author, James Bessen. Organizations are mistakingly using talent retention strategies and above market-value compensation practices as a skills shortage stop gap instead of taking a more holistic approach which emphasizes on-the-job training, skills certification, and cultivating strategic talent pipelines.

In this 10 minute interview with Lisa Jackson Executive Strategy Director at frog design, we ask her:• How are innovation, technology, and changing demographics transforming our organizations?• How can organizations become less reactive to these changes and design learning solutions that address these transformations?• How can you keep a pulse on the learning happening inside of your organization and use that information to continuously make adjustments and fill gaps? • With Millennials and freelance workers in global talent pool, how can technology and organizational design play a role in developing them as future leaders?View the Talent Pulse Research Here: http://www.hci.org/hr-research/2015-talent-pulse-learning-unbound-agile-employee-development (Available 8/3/2015)For more information on the 2015 Learning and Leadership Development Conference - http://www.hci.org/hr-conferences/2015-Learning-Leadership-Development/overview