Marc Blumenthal's Blog - CEO of Intelladon

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• Looking Back at 2012 Thursday, December 06, 2012 Happy New Year, 2012 was an exciting and busy year for us here at Intelladon.  As always, our clients, partners and extended community played a key role in guiding the direction of our business.  Every day, we are working with a wide-array of organizations to support their talent management technology needs.  And during this past year, we have seen a consistency in the types of services clients are requesting.  I’d like ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Implementing A Talent Management Solution: How to Get Started Wednesday, June 06, 2012 According to a recent Bersin & Associates survey, despite the positive growth rate of the talent management software market, organizations continue to struggle with realizing the full value of these solutions. Not surprisingly, the implementation stage is often the key determinant of success. With many rollouts taking two to three years to implement, it is not surprising that careful planning on the front-end can make all the difference. In this post and the next, ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• News from Cornerstone OnDemand: Convergence 2012 Thursday, May 31, 2012 In mid-May, I attended Cornerstone OnDemand’s annual user conference in California. It was an exciting week and the energy among Cornerstone employees, their customers and partners made it clear that the company is moving on a dynamic path. As Adam Miller, Cornerstone’s CEO, commented in his opening remarks, we are in a knowledge capital economy and successful companies need to run the business around talent management. In a market that continues to be crowded and ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Getting the Most from Corporate Training Thursday, January 26, 2012 Although today’s economy remains sluggish, there is a very real skill gap in today’s workforce – a significant irony in these tough times. In fact, the analyst firm Bersin’s #1 prediction for 2012 is “Global Workforce Imbalance Will Drive a New Focus on Talent Acquisition”. The need for quality training and talent management systems is becoming more evident as this skill gap continues to grow. However, employees are not always presented with the best learning ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Reinventing Succession Planning Friday, September 09, 2011 I can remember as recently as 5 years ago, succession planning was reserved for the boardroom. It was mainly a "one-deep" exercise to ensure companies were prepared for the expected (or unexpected) departure of a CEO or other top executive. The focus was on having that list of possible replacements in the drawer. But in today’s fast-paced environment, businesses must be prepared for the departure of more than just their CEO. It’s time to reinvent ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Why Competency Models Matter Thursday, August 11, 2011 It’s not as easy to succeed in business as it used to be. This is due, in part, to the global nature of today’s marketplace. Beating the competition is no longer about selling at a lower price than the guy across the street or offering a product with more bells and whistles. What I’ve observed in the past few years is that successful companies do more than deliver innovative products or services. They employ a ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Road Cycling & Business. Pace Line & Team Work. Monday, May 09, 2011 About a year ago, I was encouraged by a friend to get on my old road bike and ride for exercise. I was in the right frame of mind and ended up falling in love with cycling. By summer of 2010, I was riding on a brand new bike and was logging an average 150 miles per week. If you were to ask my wife, Karen, she would tell you that I was passionate about ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Social and Informal Learning Friday, May 06, 2011 Over the past two years there has been quite a lot of talk about “social or informal learning”. Both of our platform publishers offer talent management and e-learning solutions that include wiki’s, blogs and forums and our customers and prospects have been very interested in learning about creating online communities. During 2009 and 2010, there was a lot of talk, but very little adoption, but sometime in the latter half of 2010, things began to ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category:

• Introducing e-Learning Coffee Talk Monday, May 02, 2011 Here we are in May of 2011 and I am happy to be launching my first official blog post as CEO of Intelladon. It’s also a bit embarrassing that this is my first blog - I have used technology and social media extensively in my career, but for some reason, I chose face to face interactions for idea sharing and dialogue for the last decade. Most of these face to face interactions were at a ... Full story Comments (0) Posted by: Category: