Lance doesn’t think that HR succession planning is comparable to the 2008 campaign. This should come as no surprise, but I disagree with Lance. If ever there was a forum where personality and subjectivity come into play — much like the presidential election — it’s the talent management meeting held by your local HR Generalist.
Trust me, I’ve held my share of talent management discussions. We break out the nine-box-grid, discuss performance reviews, and then we hit the 10 AM break, eat a few donuts, and objectivity goes out the window.
In the spirit of being fair & balanced, I would like to present VP Candidate Sarah Palin on her own terms. She is on the internet making a case for herself. She wants to be your next Vice President. What do you think?
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i don’t know why. but when she has her hair up, at certain angles….she really reminds of karen walker from will & grace. (ha!)
all the best!
deb
Oh My god…that is SO awesome.
I think that the 2008 election should be about talent management but it is quite clear that it is currently not at all like it. If it were the case, somebody’s ass would be kicked to the curb.
If the person in charge of talent management spent ten times the effort on vetting a person’s personality versus spending time vetting:
- Viewpoints regarding workplace issues
- Behavioral profiling
- Situational exploration
- Exploring a person’s experience
I don’t think I’d be happy with the results. If the 2008 election is a talent management demonstration, it rivals the worst seen in corporate America and beyond.
All I am saying is that if we want to make this more like a talent management process, we should focus on all of the issues we would normally take into account (including personality, but not to the emphasis given to it currently).
And if your personal experience with talent selection processes has been crappy but you help perpetuate the problem, of course I am going to object. Do you think throwing “objectivity out” actually works? I’m not saying personality and subjectivity doesn’t have anything to do with it but the amount of time people spend on it and the amount of play it gets is stupid. People that want to continue to play this game every four years can go for it but I am taking myself out of that.
Oh…my…God. That’s fantastic! You always have the best of YouTube.
I was wrong, she’s trying to get fans of Tina Fey voters.
Sarah, I love you! Milf’s and Dilf’s let’s get it on! All my love from the City of Brotherly Love…Philadelphia
L-Boogie, thanks for the link! We really appreciate it. And what a freakin’ amazing site you have!
My political bottom line: I’ve never voted “for” anyone. I’ve voted “against” a few people, but I usually vote for “the lesser of the two evils”. I believe all politicians are lying to me and will continue to lie to me forever more. I just want to elect the one who lies least.
When it comes to talent management: I’ve had the same experience as Laurie mentioned in another post – execs come to the meeting with candidates already decided and it’s a COMPLETE waste of time. Nothing I say or do changes their minds. Some HR pros out there may claim that it’s MY fault that happened – I obviously wasn’t convincing enough creating the business case of “proper” talent management. To them I say “be my guest and have a go at these chumps – I’m done here anyways”.
@deb I love Megan Mullaly in her post-will&grace roles!
@sherry thx for posting this on daily kos.
@lance okay, fine. be reasonable & stuff. ruin the fun.
@ladygeraldine i have friends who are cooler & funnier than me. they send me the good stuffs.
@tracytran i take that as an insult to tina fey.
@jimmy ur on crack with your love.
@saraB congrats on your youtube accomplishments!!
@hrwench You had me at chumps.