Talent Insights Blog

Our team has been formed with decades of experience as researchers, industry thought leaders and practitioners from the field of talent management. The Talent Insights blog is where we share our experiences with leadership development, talent acquisition, succession planning, 360 degree surveys and High Potential Employee identification.

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10 Powerful Quotes on Leadership – Part Two

by Garrick ThrockmortonJun 8, 2021Leadership Development

10 Powerful Quotes on Leadership that will speak to your head, activate your imagination, and pull on your hearts.

Equal Opportunity, High Potential Employees and Golf

by Garrick ThrockmortonJun 1, 2021High Potential, Succession Planning

Equal Opportunity. Everybody endorses it by now. Certainly, most managers, leaders and executives of sizable enterprises endorse it. We are all striving toward Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I). It’s a winning strategy. It benefits everyone. Here is one disruptive twist in the DE&I conversation: If you believe in Equal Opportunity, you have to apply differential treatment! That’s right, you HAVE TO treat people differently.

10 Powerful Quotes on Leadership

by Garrick ThrockmortonMay 20, 2021Leadership Development

10 Powerful Quotes on Leadership that will speak to your head, activate your imagination, and pull on your hearts.

Why is self-awareness important?

by Garrick ThrockmortonMay 17, 2021Leadership Development, Talent Management

Why is self-awareness important? A recurrent finding is that life and career success increase as self-awareness increases—if you use the insight.

Performance vs. Potential: The Mystery of the 9-Box

by Garrick ThrockmortonMay 12, 2021High Potential, Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Talent Management

What is the difference between performance and potential in talent management? Explaining the mystery of the 9-box matrix helps to show the difference between these two estimates.

Simple Leadership is not Simple

by Garrick ThrockmortonApr 28, 2021Leadership Development, Talent Management

The “simple” urge is back in vogue in talent management. However, simple…simply doesn’t exist. It also doesn’t work because human behavior is complex. Work gets complex, while we wish there was one path, there isn’t. The solution, however, is made up of a behaviors, skills and competency library that’s complete and accurate (verified and validated). Any employee can go to the library and check out the three books they need to improve their performance and prepare for a promotion.

Emotional Intelligence: 10 Bits of Truth and Wisdom

by Garrick ThrockmortonApr 22, 2021Leadership Development

Several “Qs” contribute to the effectiveness and success of leaders/top executives. The 6th “Q” is what matters: EQ – Emotional Intelligence. There are 10 knowledge-based and researched-based ‘bits of the truth and wisdom’ for EQ. People with an accurate EQ mindset should either have, or could easily build, sufficient EQ skills.

Meet TalentTelligent – Our Evolution

by Garrick ThrockmortonApr 13, 2021Talent Insights

TeamTelligent was born in 2010. Since that time, our work has expanded dramatically, our value to the market has broadened, and we outgrew our original name; TeamTelligent. While we have solutions that focus on creating high performing teams, we are so much more. Meet TalentTelligent.

The Future of Jobs Report – Top 10 Skills for 2025

by Garrick ThrockmortonMar 30, 2021Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management

The World Economic Forum’s, Future of Jobs Report, states the top 10 skills needed for the future of work. The TalentTelligent Suite of Tools was a step ahead by having a comprehensive solution that ensures you hire and develop all 10 skills.