“People talk about talent as though it were some neutral substance that can be applied to anything. But talent is narrow and only functions with a very few subjects, which it is up to the writer to find.” PeopleSubjectsTalentFunctionSubstance Book:The good word & other words Source: The good word & other words
“Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning process, fueled by the desire to grow and the persistence to push past any obstacles.” SchoolPastDesireGrowsProcessParentNaturalResultsTalentFunctionObstaclesPersistenceWealthyMasteryLearning ProcessNatural TalentBest School Author:Robert Greene
“Sometimes HR transformations have been definitions. Just because someone does an e-HR system or puts in a new talent system or changes the HR function does not mean an HR transformation has occurred. We identified four phases of HR transformation. Missing any of the four phases would be an incomplete effort.” MeanDoeHas BeensSometimesWould BeEffortFourTalentMissingFunctionTransformationDefinitionsPhasesIncompleteNew Talent Author:Dave Ulrich
“Success is not a function of individual talent. It's the steady accumulation of advantages. It's bound up in so many other broader circumstantial, environmental, historical, and cultural factors.” IndividualTalentAdvantageFunctionHistoricalEnvironmentalBoundsFactorsSteadyAccumulationIndividual Talent Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I think I'm the best president I've ever been right now. And I think the team that is operating right now functions as well as any team that I've had. And so, you know, there is a part of you that thinks, "Man, we're pretty good at this stuff right now." And you hate to see that talent disperse.” ThinkingKnowsMenWellsHateStuffPresidentTeamTalentRight NowFunction Author:Barack Obama