PurpleLine Consulting

We all know the clichés - 'people are your greatest asset' and 'people provide your competitive advantage'. But the reality is that now, more than ever, employing people with the right skills, attitudes and behaviours makes a huge difference to business success.

Talent management enables organisations to attract and retain the right people to deliver superior performance.

This article about making room for talent reminded me of a beautiful garden I visited a few years ago.

This article was in a recent newsletter from Do Your Own PR.  Written by Emma Champion, a current student at the University of Hertfordshire who is working for Do Your Own PR two days a week, it gives lots of clues about how to appeal to students (of all ages).

One of most important issues for organisations is ensuring they have the right people with the right skills in place to do what needs to be done.  And businesses will be facing a timebomb unless they recruit more young people.

I enjoy watching Gordon Ramsay's The F Word - not for the man himself, but this series has been particularly interesting for me because of the search for the best local restaurant.

There are real disadvantages of focusing on your weaknesses.  Here's why...

Psychological tests can help identify future leadership potential.  But what other activities develop future leaders?

Another piece of research by McKinsey demonstrates a gap between perceptions of HR and line managers about talent.

As always, the biggest gaps say the most. In this survey HR is perceived not to have the capability to develop talent strategies aligned with business objectives. I think this is a real indictment of HR.

On 23 September, The Times published the list of Best Councils to Work for 2008.

From this it would seem that small is beautiful. Of the top 25 only 3 have more than 1,000 employees and 18 have less than 500 employees. Given that local government is one of the largest employers in England, with over 1.4 million employees, the number of employees working for ALL the councils on the list adds up to the workforce of one county council.