Reviews for Agile Career Development: Lessons and Approaches from IBM

1. Guide to effective career development

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 2010

   IBM's long-standing president, the legendary Thomas J. Watson Sr., and his son and successor, Thomas J. Watson Jr., always made sure IBM workers could advance in their careers by offering them superior employee development programs. Indeed, in his McKinsey Foundation Lectures, Watson Jr. contended that such visionary programs, plus other IBM traditions, contribute heavily to the corporation's success - even more than its remarkable technological achievements or much-copied organizational structure. IBM career development experts Mary Ann Bopp, Sheila Forte-Trammell and Diana A. Bing (now retired) explain the company's ongoing programming. They discuss what it does, why and how, even if that necessitates making some areas of their manual a little heavy on lists. getAbstract recommends this detailed picture of IBM's superior career development activities to any human resources professional.

2. Journey through L&D

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, February 12nd, 2010

   This is an interesting and thorough journey through the work that IBM has done in learning and career development; linking up their business strategy and people in a focussed, strategic and practical way. I got some sparky ideas from this for our own L&D