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Grooming Top Performers | HBR IdeaCast

After surveying 1,000 top analysts, Harvard's Boris Groysberg discovered that employees don't become stars based solely on their individual abilities. Rather, it's the corporate culture and support of colleagues that make employees stars. In this podcast, Groysberg debunks several myths to tell managers how they can nurture these star employees...

Tags: BNET staff, Internet, Podcasts, Star

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Care and Feeding of Top Performers

As most managers know, mediocre and poor employees take up most of your time. Your great performers -- well it's easy to let them do their thing without much guidance. A boat on a steady heading doesn't need much work at the helm. Or does it? A...

Tags: Human Resources, Team Management, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Star, Management, Sean Silverthorne

Blog posts 2008-01-03

And Then It Hits You: You Can Write Your Own Resume

If you have been on the lookout in the resume writing field, you have no doubt come across a lot of professional resume writers that have tried to urge you that they are the only ones entitled to write your resume, because they alone have the know-how, the flair, the...

Tags: Talent, Star, Hubpages, Workforce Management, Human Resources

White papers 2008-01-01

Additional Resources

Classic great leather

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the 1950s, a young Hollywood fast draw coach by the name of Arvo Ojala totally changed the leather used by the stars to the extent that his creation became known as the Hollywood Fast Draw Holster. Ojala took the standard Hollywood Buscadero ring--seen in B-westerns...

Articles 2009-01-01

FN's Spacey bullpup: is this the short, handy rifle of the future?

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In today's highly mobile, mechanized style of combat in which you often find yourself cramped inside an armored vehicle or chopper and weighed down with body armor, ammunition, grenades and whatnot, a compact weapon is a distinct advantage. There's none more compact than a bullpup. Starting...

Articles 2009-01-01

U.S. ARMY RESERVE HEROES

Meet a few of the Army Reserve Soldier-Heroes from Operations Iraqi Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Enduring Freedom. The Soldiers below were honored during the Army Ail-American Bowl on January 5, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. ARCHIE MICHAEL ABUCEJO Rank Sergeant First Class Unit HHD 1st Battalion, 415th Infantry Regiment, 2d...

Articles 2008-12-01

AR AVIATION SUPPORTS ARMED FORCES DAY WITH CHINOOK, BLACKHAWKS

Three Army Reserve helicopters flew to Augusta, GA for Armed Forces Day on 17 May 2008. B/5- 159th Aviation Regiment from Ft. Eustis, VA flew in a CH-47D Chinook and B/5- 159th Aviation Regiment flew in a HH-60 MEDEVAC Blackhawk and a UH-60 Combat Search and Rescue Blackhawk. Country music...

Articles 2008-12-01

Movie Muscle

In "Reel Muscle" in the August 2008 issue, did you consider Kickboxer starring Jean-Claude Van Damme when you gauged your top-to training movies? It definitely should have made the cut. From kicking a tree and breaking his leg to having coconuts dropped from 100 feet onto his chiseled abs and...

Articles 2008-12-01

Running For My Life

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Running For My Life, (HarperEntertainment, $25.95) by star NFL running back Warrick Dunn, with a foreword by Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy, Dunn tells his remarkable story off the field, including battling debilitating depression for much of his college and professional career, raising two of...

Articles 2008-12-01

The Moon Over Star

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE MOON OVER STAR (Dial Books for Young Readers, $17.99), by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by award-winner Jerry Pinkney, is an inspirational reminder that a whole new gem eration still can identify with the astronauts who dreamed big and made history on July 20, 1969....

Articles 2008-12-01

Exposing our common secret—insecurity: All My Children star tells how it manifests

I pay great homage to being a woman. As women, we can be creatures of habit, emotions, backstabbing, jealousy, love and honor. So it should not be surprising that in the year 2008, though we ladies feel empowered, independent and enlightened, we still find ourselves dealing with insecurities. ...

Articles 2008-12-01

Taraji P. Henson: versatile actress sizzles in new films

It's no accident that actress Taraji P. Henson's performances arc electrically charged. She originally studied electrical engineering at North Carolina A&T, but today it's her acting career that has audiences buzzing. Henson is set to star in three films by 2009. In December, she appears opposite Brad Pitt...

Articles 2008-12-01

Ebony on the scene

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 The legendary Tina Turner performs in Chicago as part of her international concert tour that's scheduled to end in April in Dublin, Ireland. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. In New York City, Maxwell returns to Radio City Music Hall during his first concert...

Articles 2008-12-01

At "An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Patti LaBelle"

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CAPTION: [1] At "An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Patti LaBelle," a celebrity event at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Patti's contributions to the music industry were celebrated. Attendees included Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, original members of the group Labelle...

Articles 2008-12-01

Ready to brock the world: two months from his much anticipated UFC bout with Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar granted FLEX access to watch him train and endure pain as he prepares for the fight of his life

Florists aren't named Brock. Neither are sommeliers or interior decorators. No, when your name sounds like the words "brick" and "rock" smashed together, there's really only one calling tough enough to justify your signature: fighter. Luckily, this is exactly what Brock Lesnar is. From his All-American wrestling days...

Articles 2008-12-01

It's not easy being Green

Trainer-to-the-stars Harley Pasternak has spruced up the physiques of such celebs as Jessica Simpson and Robert Downey Jr., but he may have his ultimate challenge in preparing Seth Rogen for the titular role in The Green Hornet. Rogen is best known for playing slackers in movies like Knocked Up and...

Articles 2008-12-01

Psych-up cinema

In the Hong Kong classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1979), Gordon Liu stars as a vengeance-seeking student who flees to a Shaolin temple and advances through the chambers to become a kung fu master. By any standard, this is one of the all-time greatest martial arts movies, and it...

Articles 2008-12-01

Why I refuse to "diet" during the holidays: there's a time for everything—and nibbling on steamed veggies isn't on my must-do list this season

As soon as the leaves start to change and the air gets chilly, I admit that I start to change a little too: I switch from food vigilance (hello, bikini!) to a bit of what I call food laxity. Hot chocolate? Pass me a cup. A nibble (or two or...

Articles 2008-12-01

Daily rituals and family traditions help keep singer Faith Hill strong, healthy, and centered

"how I find comfort & joy" IMAGINE OPENING YOUR DOOR one chilly night in mid-December to discover country music star Faith Hill singing Silent Night on your front lawn. If you're lucky enough to live in Nashville, Tennessee, it could happen to you. "I love to go Christmas...

Articles 2008-12-01

Fake fuller hair

I was recently grumbling about my hair which has thinned ever since I had a baby and started nursing with my friend Kevin Mancuso, the creative director for Nexxus and a stylist to such stars as Amy Adams. He recommended spritzing a root lifter (he's partial to Nexxus Root Exxtend,...

Articles 2008-12-01