Too Many Soloists; Not Enough Music

The term talent management is such an enigma. In an industry that consistently reinvents its vocabulary, never before has a human resources term garnered so much attention and yet been so misunderstood and overly hyped. And by some, overly scorned. Ironically, given the number of articles, books, presentations, and rhetoric on this subject over the years, talent management remains a mystery to most.

Questions persist. How does organizational talent become capability? Why do so many otherwise e