Synchronizing Talent & Performance Management

I’d love a follow up to this post!

As you, or your readers, might have noticed, I’m trying to coordinate a cross-blog discussion on “The Talent Gap” (mainly with respect to procurement, but the issue is broader). I have three posts on this to date:

I: Succession Planning
http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2006/09/18/the-talent-series-i-succession-planning.aspx

II: Attracting and Maintaining Great Talent
http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2006/09/24/the-talent-series-ii-attracting-and-maintaining-great-talent.aspx#Comment

III: Finding, Training, and Retaining
http://blog.sourcinginnovation.com/2006/09/29/the-talent-series-iii-finding-training-and-retaining.aspx

And, to date, the following bloggers have participated in their own way:

Tim Minahan, Supply Excellence:
http://supplyexcellence.com/blog/2006/09/21/jack-welch-on-attracting-great-talent/

Doug Hudgeon, Vendor Management
http://hudgeon.wordpress.com/2006/09/23/five-leadership-behaviours-correlated-to-performance/

Matthew Grant, Purchase Realm
http://www.purchaserealm.com/2006/09/procurement_succession_plannin.html

Charles Dominick, Purchasing Certification
http://www.purchasingcourses.com/2006/09/talent-management.html

Dave M, Buyer Analytics
http://www.buyeranalytics.com/purchasingblogs/2006/9/26/practical-talent-management-for-procurement.html

Dave Stephens, Procurement Central
http://procurement.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/performance-based-pay-thoughts-from-a-silicon-valley-guy/

I’d love to hear how you think outsourcing trends are affecting the issue if you’re looking for a post topic!