6 Posts found for Author: Vadim Liberman

The typical U.S. company spends nearly fifty times more to recruit a $100,000 executive than it will invest in his annual training.

Content: Quotation | Author: Vadim Liberman | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Training & Development

Experience is hardly unimportant, but it’s the type of experience that counts. There’s experience performing tasks, and then there’s experience performing skills. Sometimes, the two are identical—like, say, having the ability to work with a specific database. But even that capability—like any technical skill—can be learned and is secondary to having superior learning agility. Companies ought to spend less time hunting for people who can … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Vadim Liberman | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subject: Human Resources

Not everyone can—or should—get a seat at the table.

Content: Article | Author: Vadim Liberman | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subject: Corporate Governance

You are not talented at your job. You never will be. But wait: That’s the good news—because talent, argues Geoff Colvin, doesn’t exist in the first place—at least not in the traditional sense of the word. It is not, he points out, an innate ability. The sooner you realize that Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and you were not meant to be great business … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Geoffrey Colvin, Vadim Liberman | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Tommy Lasorda, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, and the list goes on. These days, there’s no shortage of self-help gurus eager to motivate your employees. Unfortunately, the companies just as anxious to hire them are victims of an extraordinary sham. The Self-Help and Actualization Movement, as author Steve Salerno explains in SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless (Crown), consists of countless authors, motivational speakers, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Vadim Liberman | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

Fingers are being pointed at compensation consultants. “It’s your fault,” critics are charging. “You’re to blame for all the outrageous executive-pay packages.” But are they really responsible? After all, a board of directors must still approve their suggestions. Just how willing are compensation professionals to play the blame game? ATB asked a group of consultants to answer their critics.

Content: Article | Author: Vadim Liberman | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subject: Corporate Governance