“We are delighted that these regulations are now law, and we commend the provincial government for helping put the issue on the front burner. These requirements will push more companies to have the conversations they should be having around board and executive committee diversity and, hopefully, their talent development. Businesses need to tap the full pool of smart, talented people to stay competitive and strengthen our country’s economic future.” PeopleNeedsShouldCountryHelpingGovernmentLawCompanyIssuesEconomicTalentFrontsDevelopmentConversationDiversitySmartOur CountryHopefullyBoardsExecutivesPoolRegulationCommitteesRequirementsDelighted Author:Alex Johnston
“I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.” ThinkingGivingImportantYoungOpportunityCompanyRecordsTalentTomorrowSongwritersExposureReally HappyRecord Companies Author:Robin Gibb
“The millions currently trapped in poverty and despair are a tremendous untapped resource. Just think of what it would mean for America to gain full use of the talents and abilities of all her people. They would develop new innovations to improve our lives, or help build the next great American company.” PeopleThinkingMeanHelpingUseAmericaNextAbilityCompanyPovertyMillionsOur LivesTalentDespairGainsResourcesInnovationTrappedGreat AmericanTalents And Abilities Author:Marco Rubio
“The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development.” CompanyTalentDevelopment Author:Margaret Heffernan
“During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.” WorldYearsCompanyKnownTalentPeriodsProjectsResearchCollectionsFifteenParticipationManhattanFifteen YearsManhattan Project Author:Frederick Reines
“Part of the talent of any company is to surround yourself with people who have good spirit and help you do more and more things.” PeopleHelpingSpiritCompanyTalentSurroundSurround YourselfSurround Yourself With People Author:Marc Jacobs
“We start from the presumption that our people are talented and want to contribute. We accept that, without meaning to, our company is stifling that talent in myriad unseen ways. Finally, we try to identify those impediments and fix them.” PeopleWayWantTryingCompanyAcceptingTalentUnseenPresumptionImpedimentsStifling Author:Edwin Catmull
“I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore that intersection of all that talent.” PeopleThinkingFilmMovingNumbersCompanyFocusStageTalentTelevisionStartingDeeperMoving ForwardContinuingInfluentialHeadingsPlaygroundsIntersectionsHboFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“A teacher who is only interested in great talents is like a man who only seeks the company of rich people.” PeopleMenCompanyRichTeacherTalentRich PeopleGreat Talent Author:Carl Flesch
“We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen.” BelievePhilosophyHappensOpportunityCompanyTalentTransformation Author:Reid Hoffman
“In my first career I had founded my own company, with a group of MIT professors, before coming to Harvard to finish my doctorate, and so I had a deep respect for the brains, talent, and dedication of managers. That made it hard for me to believe the attributions in the business press that stupid management was to blame. So I looked elsewhere for an explanation.” FirstsBelieveMadeHardMy OwnBrainCompanyCareersGroupsTalentStupidManagementBlamePressesMade ItManagersExplanationProfessorsDedicationElsewhereHarvardMitStupid MenDoctoratesAttribution Author:Clayton Christensen
“My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.” PersonsSaidRealJobsMotherValuesFatherCompanyTalentColorPeriodsSkillsFemalePaidBlindMalesGenderExecutivesBest PersonReal Knowledge Author:Ivanka Trump
“The traditional model for a company like Coca-Cola is to hire one big advertising agency and essentially outsource all of its creativity in that area. But Coca-Cola does not do it that way. It knows how to manage creative people and creative teams and it has been quite adept at building a network that includes the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood, which is a talent agency.” PeopleKnowsWayDoeHas BeensBigsArtistCompanyCreativityKnow HowCreativeTeamTalentBuildingModelsAreasHollywoodTraditionalAdvertisingManageAgencyCreative PeopleCreative ArtAdvertising AgenciesAdeptCreative ArtistsCoca ColaCreative Team Author:John Kao
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina
“I'm a radical pro-immigration advocate. I'm not saying we just look at the Muslim world or we just look at China, we just look at India as a source of our talent. But, one thing we know... first or second generation or new immigrants or children of immigrants have started about 40% of the Fortune 500 companies. For me it's always been a really very important issue that I want America to be open to the most energetic and talented people from around the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantFirstsLooksChildrenImportantAmericaCompanyIssuesGenerationsOne ThingTalentSourceIndiaFortuneChinaImmigrationAround The WorldRadicalImmigrantsEnergeticImportant IssuesMuslim World Author:Thomas Friedman