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Bench Strength“Bench strength” refers to the capabilities and readiness of potential successors to move into key professional and leadership positions. The term comes from baseball, where it refers to a team's lineup of highly skilled players who can step in when a player is hurt or replaced.
In the business setting, bench strength is critically important because organizations continuously go through turnover, restructuring, and changes in business strategy. Whenever a critical person leaves (whether in leadership, management or line operations), the organization should have a "ready successor" or plan for replacement in order to avoid business interruption.
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Leadership Development in China: Building Bench Strength in the Worlds Largest Marketplace
Leadership Strategy | 04/24/2013 | Impact 2013. This session can help HR executives in understanding how to develop more effective leaders in China in order to create and implement a winning business strategy in the region.
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Making Informed Hiring Decisions: The Value Proposition for Prehire Assessments
Pre-Hire Assessment | 04/24/2013 | Impact 2013. Session presenters introduce a four-step model for effectively selecting and implementing prehire assessments. They describe core screening and testing methods, the role of prediction in assessment's value proposition, and the realities of using assessments and insights for expanding the focus beyond talent acquisition to the broader concept of talent management.
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Attracting Talent in Emerging Markets
Sourcing & Recruiting | 04/23/2013 | Impact 2013. In this session, panelists discuss their experiences – sharing the challenges they have faced in attracting talent, and in building technical and leadership bench strength in emerging markets.
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Leadership Development in China: Building Bench Strength in the World's Largest Marketplace
Leadership Dev. Evaluation | 04/22/2013 | This report discusses how leadership styles in China differ from those in the West and how multinationals can effectively develop Chinese leaders to succeed.
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WhatWorks Brief: Strengthening the Leadership Pipeline in China
Leadership Dev. Evaluation | 04/22/2013 | This report discusses how leadership styles in China differ from those in the West and how multinationals can effectively develop Chinese leaders to succeed.
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Prehire Assessments: A Four-Step Model
Screening & Interviewing | 04/16/2013 | This report offers a solid foundation for understanding the approaches for evaluating the use of prehire assessment tools in making sound hiring decisions and in driving positive business outcomes.
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The WhatWorks® Awards 2013: Lessons from the Best
Talent Strategy | 04/01/2013 | The WhatWorks Awards recognize high achievement in the various people-related functions within organizations. This research-based awards program uses selection criteria based on our years of in-depth study. The judges, both the research analysts and advisory consults that comprise the collective thought leadership of our firm, are our experts.
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Leaders Teaching Leaders Program Guidelines
Leadership Strategy | 03/26/2013 | This tool provides implementation guidelines for establishing a Leaders Teaching Leaders program.
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Five Trends in Leveraging Leadership Development to Drive a Competitive Advantage
Leadership Dev. Solutions | 03/07/2013 | How to implement leadership development effectively has been a challenge for many organizations. Leadership development is about looking across all leader levels and developing a strategy to build leadership capabilities across that entire population.
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Prehire Assessments: Hiring the Right Talent
Screening & Interviewing | 02/28/2013 | In this webinar, we explain the core screening and testing methods used for selecting candidates, and introduce a four-step model for implementing prehire assessments effectively. We also share insights for expanding the focus beyond talent acquisition to the broader concept of talent management.
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