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Walmart’s first chief talent officer explains her role

HR Brew

Stomski, who holds a PhD in industrial organizational psychology, had spent her career working on and eventually learning leadership development as well as job assessment and selection. She joined Walmart in November 2016 as VP of global learning and leadership, before rising to SVP of enterprise leadership and learning in March 2019.

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How EY focuses on talent development for elite athletes, Olympians

HRExecutive

Maduaka, who competed as a professional athlete for 18 years, joined EY in 2019 as a project manager for its Neuro-Diverse Center of Excellence. Maduaka and Black recently sat down with Human Resource Executive for a video interview to discuss the firm’s Athlete Programs and its impact on recruiting and talent management efforts.

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The Difference Between Goals, Objectives and Outcomes

HR Bartender

During this year’s Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo , I had the opportunity to attend a pre-conference workshop on improving human performance. That includes talent management. Image captured by Sharlyn Lauby at the Association for Talent Development Conference in Orlando, FL.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

ACI Specialty Benefits’ Tim Mutrie Speaking at the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition. ENGAGE Talent Joins Engage Venture Fund’s Cohort of Investment Companies. Association for Talent Development (ATD) – Middle East Conference & Exhibition , April 14-15, Dubai, UAE #ATDME. Learn more.

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HealthStream, a Talent Development Platform for Nurses Acquires NurseGrid

WorkTech

a Delaware corporation (d/b/a NurseGrid), including the approximately 10% of equity interest in NurseGrid that HealthStream has held since January 31, 2019, was approximately $25 million in cash, subject to post-closing working capital adjustment. Source: HealthStream Acquires […].

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

Talent Development Pioneer Acquires Online College to Close Middle-Skill Gaps. Tallo Enters 2019 with New Partners and Nearly 400,000 Students on One of the Nation’s Largest Career Connection Platforms. HALO Recognition Makes Big Moves to Kick Off 2019; Relocates Headquarters to The Factory in Long Island City, NY.

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Book Review: Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.) by Wayne Cascio and Herman Aguinis

Workplace Psychology

Here’s the explanation (Cascio & Aguinis, 2019, 181): “[A]ssume that the applicant pool consists of 300 ethnic minorities and 500 nonminorities. selection, promotion, and layoffs) for the members of a particular group and they are unrelated to success on a job” (Cascio & Aguinis, 2019, p.