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Nigel Bristow, President and Founder of Targeted Learning shares insights gained from his 20+ year career helping companies maximize the performance of knowledge workers. Nigel shares five key stages of knowledge work: acquiring, applying, creating, sharing, and leveraging knowledge. He discusses the role each stage plays in workforce productivity and the challenges and unique issues associated with moving from one stage to another.

Whether you are a knowledge worker, manage knowledge workers, or just wish you had more knowledge, you will benefit from Nigel’s insights on knowledge work: this week on People Performance Radio.

Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 54:

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Tom Mahan, President and CEO of The Work Institute discusses the concept of “workforce intelligence” and what it takes to truly understand the issues impacting employee retention and performance. Tom discusses what it means to move from making investments in talent management based on HR budgets to investing based on financial operating returns. He then share examples of highly involved talent management practices that go well beyond the typical employee survey to actively engage with employees at personal level to determine exactly what it is they need to be more productive.

Do you truly know what factors are limiting the performance and retention of your employees and how to resolve them? Find out one creative method for doing this by listening to Tom Mahan, this week on People Performance Radio.

Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 53:

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Jeff Hunter, Senior Director of EA University discusses the unique challenges of performing talent management in the interactive entertainment industry. Emphasizing the need to “monetize creativity”, Jeff discusses methods to maintain the productive levels of creative tension that are required to build highly innovative, engaging, and fun electronic games and applications. Recognizing the limitations of past talent management practices for this fast changing industry and employee population, EA is pushing the boundaries of what it means to build and maintain a steady supply of high performing talent.

Wonder what talent management may look like in 10 years. Get a sneak peak of how one company is seeking to redefine talent management practices by listening to Jeff Hunter: this week on People Performance Radio.

Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 52:

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This episode marks one year of People Performance Radio.

During this episode I encourage you to look in our archives and listen to some past shows. We avoid reruns here at People Performance Radio, but we do have a lot of interviews that are worth hearing more than once! Reflections on one year of talent management knowledge and insight: this week on People Performance Radio.

Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 51:

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Jim Matheson, Director of Web Operations for SuccessFactors discusses EasyReviews, a new and FREE online tool to help managers conduct performance evaluations. Available at EasyReviews, this tool contains some of SuccessFactors most popular performance management features including the competency library, performance rating tool, and online writing and coaching assistant.

Jim explains why SuccessFactors decided to give this tool away for free. He discusses why SuccessFactors believes there is value in helping managers maximize the performance of their teams without requiring there organization to purchase the SuccessFactors system. Its free, its cool, and its all about talent management – Jim Matheson this week on People Performance Radio.