by Brad Herbert | Aug 5, 2021 | Development
Adaptability is obviously of deep interest to me for several years now, and the pandemic has made it the hot topic for 2021 and beyond. I tend to think of adaptability as a function of one’s consciousness or personal operating system. It takes effort to get out...
by Brad Herbert | Aug 5, 2021 | Development, Recruitment, Total Rewards
This is a fantastic 45 minute overview of the HR Technology landscape in 2021. I’ve followed Josh Bersin for at least a decade because he has a unique knack of summarizing and presenting things clearly. I appreciate how he’s showing the evolution of the...
by Brad Herbert | Aug 5, 2021 | Development
McKinsey has a new study out on which topics are prioritized by the most adaptable boards. Awareness precedes adaptability for individuals, teams, and organizations. You can’t develop something you can’t name, so the act of taking a balcony view to reflect...
by Brad Herbert | Aug 4, 2021 | Development, Recruitment
A talent marketplace is a new tool / platform that puts the power of agency directly in employees’ hands by leveraging AI to highlight jobs, projects, and learning opportunities across the enterprise that they can apply for without any input from a manager. Just...
by Brad Herbert | Jul 14, 2021 | Development, Recruitment
McKinsey recently analyzed which skills and attributes (they refer to them as DELTAs) will be most helpful for continuing relevance in the workplace. Unsurprisingly, adaptability happens to be highly correlated with continued employment. In their words “Some...
by Brad Herbert | Jul 14, 2021 | Development
A daily mantra might be of interest to you if you want an easy way to reconnect with your purpose, values, and well wishes for others. I’ll share mine below which is inspired by the Wheel of Awareness meditation created by Dr. Dan Siegel. I repeat this to myself...
by Brad Herbert | May 3, 2021 | Development, Recruitment
Quartz at Work just posted an article about the coming wave of employee turnover that is expected as the pandemic winds down. My partner Mark McEachran leads Adaptive Talent’s Retained and Executive Search practice and recently told me he’s never seen so...
by Brad Herbert | Feb 26, 2021 | Development, Recruitment
Coinbase is a crypto company that has gone fully remote-first as a result of the pandemic. Brian Armstrong, their CEO and Co-Founder, recently blogged about it and here are the highlights: “Remote-first has been working really well. While we still have elements...
by Mark McEachran | Jan 19, 2021 | Development, Recruitment
I watched a Gartner webinar called “Ask The Experts: The 5 Realities of Remote Work in 2021” and found it helpful and a good reminder for leaders as they navigate the pandemic and working from home expectations and opportunities. You Cannot Opt Out –...
by Brad Herbert | Dec 3, 2020 | Development
I recently read about Spotify’s cultural practice of celebrating failures as a source of continuous development. They also employ craft leaders who focus on continuously developing people’s skills, specialized training, and employee-driven on-demand...
