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The collective skills, abilities, and expertise of an organization-are the outcome of investments in staffing, training, compensation, communication, and other human resources areas.

A lot of good points are made in this article. In particular, the belief that organizational capabilities can only emerge after an organization consistently delivers on the combined or shared competencies and abilities of the people it employs. It provides another way to validate the notion that people either help an organization succeed or fail. If the organization has a lot of employees that are skilled but they are unable to work together towards a common goal, those individuals' skills are useless.

This is a good article describing the changes in the skills needed for leaders. Business is more complex and adaptive thinking abilities are needed. It speaks to why vertical development is needed

Gallup's strengths-based development programs help you identify your natural abilities for providing near-perfect performances in specific activities, and then provides you with the latest discoveries and strategies for applying your strengths.

Good book - have read it and applied the findings.

Performance management is the process of creating a work environment or setting in which people are enabled to perform to the best of their abilities. Performance management is a whole work system that begins when a job is defined as needed. It ends when an employee leaves your organization.