Talent Tidbits

How best to handle termination
Termination is sometimes necessary. How do you go about doing it well? Here’s how not to do it. Harvard looked at why the wrong people get laid off.

Adapt the service not the user
If people are more comfortable using social network, should we try to change their behaviour? Craig at eGov ponders on how best to react to changing behaviour.

Print Advertising
A thought provoking talk on the future of journalism (print media) by Clay Shirky. Print is not sustainable because “ advertisers were not only overcharged, they were underserved”.  Meanwhile, global spending on online ads continue to grow.

Managing People
“By perpetuating outdated approaches to talent management, companies are wasting their resources” Booz Allen

Recovery?
SEEK Index have risen for the third month in a row. Is the tide turning?