Talent Edge Weekly - Issue #94 - Best of Issue

Welcome to this week’s issue of Talent Edge Weekly - the weekly newsletter for human resources practitioners, bringing together talent and HR insights from various sources.

Around this time each year, I like to devote an issue to highlighting some of the most popular articles, reports, and resources I have shared.

So for this week's issue, I am sharing 20 of the most popular posts I have made over the past few months.

• Given the change in focus for this week's newsletter, you will notice the newsletter format is different. 

• Instead, of seeing my full summary and commentary associated with each article, you will only see 1-2 sentences for each resource, and a hyperlink. The hyperlink will take you to my full summary on my website, and from there, you can access the original resource.

• I am using this format for this week only to keep the length of the newsletter manageable. I will return to the standard format next week.

I hope you find these references to be useful as you continue to prepare for 2022. Meanwhile, have a great and safe week and I look forward to sharing more ideas in next week’s Edge!

20 POPULAR RESOURCES

• The Future of People Management Priorities | BCG | A 40-page report on 32 HR and people practices across nine clusters, indicating which practices should be prioritized. 

• Strategic Planning for Human Resources Leaders on One Page | Gartner | Offers a one-page page framework for articulating an agile HR strategy via four strategic planning components.

• 100 Critical People Analytics Questions: How Well Do You Really Know Your Workforce? | SAP Thought Leadership Paper | A 16-page reference of 100 people analytics questions (spanning eight talent categories) firms can ask and measure about their most important talent issues.

• Report: Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent | Harvard Business School and Accenture | A 74-page report that outlines barriers that keep companies from considering “hidden workers”— workers that are skilled and seek work, but go undetected—as candidates to meet their talent needs.

• ‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The Choice is Yours | McKinsey | Emphasizes the disconnect between employers’ and employees’ perspectives on why employees are leaving their organizations. 

• How to Mix Your Talent Strategies to Bridge Skills Gaps | Gartner | Provides a list of 11 talent strategies for HR leaders to consider as they close skills gaps, and offers five factors for evaluating those strategies.

• Gaining a Skills Edge Through Agile Talent Practices: From Pandemic to Permanence | Mercer | This 16-page report offers a few ideas on implementing an agile, skills-based talent model by utilizing AI-based technology and leveraging its internal talent marketplace. 

• Let Your Top Performers Move Around the Company | Harvard Business Review | Provides four ways in which firms can create a culture that encourages internal mobility and reduces talent hoarding.

• The (HRXPS) HR XPerience Score: Measuring the Performance and Impact of HR Through the Employee Experience | ADP Research Institute | Using a 15-question HR experience index score, this 62-page report shares research findings on how employees’ experience HR, and which aspects of the experience have the greatest impact.

• 10 Things Your Corporate Culture Needs to Get Right | MIT Sloan Management Review | Shares research that analyzed 1.4 million employee reviews on Glassdoor and identified which aspects of organizational culture mostly shape how employees rate their firms’ culture.

• This Time It’s Personal: Shaping the ‘New Possible’ Through Employee Experience (EX) | McKinsey | Provides ideas on how companies can craft an EX to attract, retain and engage the best talent, including a framework that articulates nine moments that matter in the EX.

• The High Demand for Durable Skills | Emsi, Burning Glass, and America Succeeds | Provides research results of 100 durable skills—categorized by ten major themes—that are foundational to most workers’ success regardless of role. Shares which of these skills are in most demand.

• Skills: The New Workforce Operating System | Deloitte Blog: Capital H - Provides ideas on how firms can incorporate a skills-based approach in each of their talent practices through four distinct phases.

• How to Measure Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Gartner for HR | A 13-page report on measuring the three aspects of DEI and how to avoid common measurement pitfalls. Provides a view of which talent management processes are most susceptible to bias.

• 2021 Women in the Workplace Report | LeanIn.org  | A 62-page report that shares new findings on the impact of the pandemic on the experiences and careers of women. 

• Report: Preparing for the Short and Near-Term Future of Work | Deloitte Development | A 30-page report that includes several questions for firms to consider as they develop and execute both short- and long-term workforce strategies.

• 6 Predictions for the Future of Performance Management | Gartner | Shares six ways how employers will shift performance management over the next three to five years.

• Research: Why Rejected Internal Candidates End Up Quitting | Harvard Business Review | Shares a study that found how internal job applicants who apply for– but do not get awarded the job– are nearly twice as likely to leave their organization, except under two conditions.

• Beyond the Job: Developing New Work Models | Deloitte Insights | Shares ideas on how firms can organize work beyond the constraints of the traditional job.

• Coaching at Scale: AI Democratizes Leadership Development | Josh Bersin | This 15-page report covers a growing area in coaching that provides a scalable approach to developing all employees: AI-based coaching platforms.