Escaping the Pilot Trap: Building HR for The Agentic Era | McKinsey

HR Effectiveness

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  As many HR leaders and their teams continue to think through the impacts of AI on HR’s work, a new McKinsey article offers a few useful ideas. The one part I want to highlight is Exhibit 1, which maps the automation …

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Executing More Actionable Talent Reviews: 3 Related Tactics | Brian Heger

Talent Management

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  Many organizations conduct some version of a talent review. While the specific topics covered will vary by organization, themes range from identifying employees who can advance into larger, more complex roles, to managing unwanted retention risk, to ensuring succession depth for …

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Talent Edge Weekly – Issue 359

Newsletter Workforce Trends

Thanks to 365Talents for sponsoring this issue.  Download 365Talents report, 2026 Skills Toolkit, which includes 14 ready-to-use templates to build your skills strategy. This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers: Executing More Actionable Talent Reviews: 3 Related Tactics | Brian Heger | My cheat sheet on the three interrelated tactics that determine whether a talent review …

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Talent Edge Weekly Issue 358 – The Best of July 2026

Newsletter Workforce Trends

Thank you to Draup for sponsoring this issue. Download Draup’s paper on Which Skills Stay Durable When AI Can Do the Task This special Best of July issue includes 13 of the most popular resources—plus bonus resources— from the July issues of Talent Edge Weekly. They are organized into three sections: Reinventing the Early-Career Pipeline …

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A One-Page Cheat Sheet to Build the Business Case for New HR Teams | Brian Heger

HR Effectiveness

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  As organizations increasingly rely on HR to enable business capabilities and drive stakeholder value, I’ve heard from many Talent Edge Weekly subscribers who are building new HR functions or expanding their teams. As part of these efforts, they’re focused on developing a compelling …

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Employee Retention: Are You Proactively Identifying and Managing “Regrettable Losses?” | Brian Heger

Talent Management

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  Most would agree that managing employee retention and turnover is a critical aspect of effective talent management. While some level of turnover is both healthy and necessary, certain types of departures can have a significantly negative impact. These exits, sometimes referred …

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Making Talent Decisions Without Waiting for Formal Talent Practices | Brian Heger

Talent Management

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  Talent reviews and performance management are important talent practices that enable organizational performance. However, a common pitfall is treating these practices as scheduled process events, often confined to a specific time of year, rather than ongoing opportunities for proactive reflection and …

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Putting AI Into Career Coaching: The Effectiveness of A Career Coaching Intervention Conducted by A Chatbot | Journal of Vocational Behavior

Talent Development

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  I recently had the pleasure of having Dr. Anna Tavis, Chair of the Human Capital Management Department at NYU and author of The Digital Coaching Revolution (2024), join my private community, Talent Edge Circle, for a 90-minute discussion on how AI-enabled …

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Reorganize or Fall Behind: The Real Race in The AI Decade | KPMG

Talent Development

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  A new 26-page report from KPMG and Nasscom finds that while most organizations have invested in AI pilots, tools, and training, few have fundamentally changed how work is organized, decisions are made, or value is created. While there are various suggestions …

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Are You Biased Toward Job Candidates Who Reply Quickly? | Harvard Business Review

Talent Acquisition

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  A new study, published in Management Science and adapted for a broader audience in this new HBR article, explores how candidate response time, or how quickly someone replies to an employer’s message, can influence hiring decisions. Researchers analyzed 11 million-plus Fiverr …

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