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Interesting (not really related to on boarding at all but good talk)

Kristin, This is an interesting talk and topic that can help employers who have short-term openings connect with people who can work limited hours or days. When I worked in New York, my former company used some of these boards to hire short-term, or event driven employees. It was only used for jobs that required limited skills. I am not sure that if this would be viable in roles that require a lot of experience or technical skills.

Ten years after publishing its research on the War for Talent, McKinsey produced follow-on work reemphasizing the need to make talent a strategic priority. Despite launching expensive programs to attract and retain talented employees, many senior executives remain frustrated with the results and admit their own failure

Good solid basic principles of walking the walk and talking the talk to create a culture of development.

This is a repeat from a previous class but I still like the way Simon explains a few things specifically the WHY question.   Apply the why to your mission at home, work, where ever and see if new results occur!

I liked this video. He presented at a leadership conference I went to last year. It was very good.

I really liked this presentation on motivation of associates and people in general

Although this video contains the word adolescent in the title the speaker makes a case for cognitive development into the thirties which is really interesting as we deal with younger workers and trying to identify potential.

I agree, good information on younger employees and indentify how they can contribute more fully to an organization.

Interesting and helpful having teenager in the house but great insight into working with "younger" employees.

Commencement speech

To summarize Walt's leadership lesson: In order to "know what the people want," get out there, be willing to listen, and then institutionalize learning and continuous improvement on behalf of your customers.

I love this - but I worry customer service is losing it's appeal. Now a days many large companies feel if they have a strong product customer service is less than important. I immediately think about Walmart. I rarely have a good customer service experience at Walmart - but that has not stopped me from buying products there....

I agree on the customer service part...I also feel a lot of companies are moving towards "self service" which brings back to less customer service.

Many of our discussions have talked about tight budgets and economic downturn. Here's a good article that shares how to focus on the core business and strengths.

A case for standardizing the onboarding process

Stephen - great TED Talk - I dare that the items addressed here are just as important for internal promotions as well.