talent management

Talent Management Gone Wrong: The Last Chapter and a Profound Lesson from the Young Man

interim 2In May, I posted a story of a young man who had been identified by a Fortune 100 firm as a high potential and placed into a leadership development program to prepare for the possibility of promotion into the executive ranks.

In September, I updated the story to what I thought would be a sad conclusion.

But this story has a happy ending. On Friday, the young man was offered the position of Director for a Fortune 100 company, with all the frills that go along with moving into the executive ranks. (more…)

Talent Management Gone Wrong: The Rest of the Story

tombstone_message_11293In May, I posted a story of a young man who had been identified by a Fortune 100 firm as a high potential and placed into a leadership development program to prepare for the possibility of promotion into the executive ranks.

The story was unfinished, as a month after his Director left the organization and the young man had been appointed as interim Director, the VP told him that they were considering outsourcing the position. The young man was disappointed, but he was determined to show the organization that he could handle the position as interim, on the chance that they decided to keep it in-house.

I described this process as “talent management gone wrong.” (more…)

Talent Management Gone Wrong

castle_in_cloud_400_clr_13933Once upon a time, there was a young man who was searching for a career.  Like many young people, his early jobs took him on a circuitous route, and ultimately landed him in the field of telecommunications.   He lucked into an entry level position in a Fortune 100 organization and learned the ropes. Twenty years later, he is still at that organization, now managing other eager young people.

Three years ago, his boss told him, as part of his performance review, that he was a “high potential” and placed him into an organizational leadership development program to prepare him for the time that he would become a Director, and enter the executive ranks. (more…)