... are shared to help HR professionals assess the quality of their organization's talent intelligence. The cause for concern lies in how organizations go about identifying and measuring the skills and qualities of people. And where the problems here are most visible is in selection practices. First...

... contexts, within the workplace. Design/methodology/approach The central methodology in this paper is extracted from Strengths Partnership's leading Strengthscope assessment tool, designed to help individuals understand their standout strengths; the unintended consequences that may arise when strengths...

... in general, and the particular approach taken to graduate recruitment at Ernst & Young is outlined. Rather than assessing for generic competencies, strengths‐based recruitment seeks to identify the natural strengths of individuals that are aligned to the role for which they are applying. Assessors...

...Mark E. Haskins; George Shaffer Purpose This paper aims to present a useful framework for guiding HR leaders, and their executive education (EE) program providers, towards program assessments that focus on, and capture, information related to the enterprise‐level benefits created by a customized...

...Tobias Petri; Regis Soublin Purpose This paper seeks to explore the necessary considerations in assessing and improving board performance in a Fortune 50 organization facing complex strategy execution challenges. Design/methodology/approach Face‐to‐face interviews with all non‐executive...