This list of the 5 Best HR articles of the month will guide you through some of the trends affecting the workplace and the HR Professionals today:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Future Of BigData Is Bigger Than You Can Possibly Imagine<\/a> <\/strong>by Marko A. Rodriguez via @FastCoExist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Imagine a world without government, schools, a legal system, law enforcement, or companies. It\u2019s a world unlike the one we currently live in\u2014but based on the evolution of technology and how we use it\u2014representative of what the world may become.<\/p>\n Where Do We Go Next After We Succeed?<\/a>, by Tanveer Naseer<\/a> in his blog<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n So you achieved that long sought-after success at work \u2013 great! Everyone is cheering you on, applauding your success while you enjoy your time in the limelight. But as time moves on, your colleagues start to focus on other matters and that success that garnered you all those accolades and praise slowly dims, leaving you with one uncomfortable and glaring question \u2013 what do I do now? It\u2019s the part of process of achieving success that we don\u2019t often talk about, mostly because the focus tends to be on how we can be successful without any real honest examination of what do we do when we actually achieve it…<\/p>\n The Most Important Leadership Competencies, According to Leaders Around the World <\/a><\/strong>by Sunnie Giles <\/a>via @HarvardBiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n What makes an effective leader? This question is a focus of my research as an organizational scientist, executive coach, and leadership development consultant. Looking for answers, I recently completed the first round of a study of 195 leaders in 15 countries over 30 global organizations. Participants were asked to choose the 15 most important leadership competencies from a list of 74.<\/p>\n Why the taboo of succession planning is leading global firms to reject internal CEO candidates<\/a>, by Owain Thomas<\/a> via @HRD_Connect<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n The world\u2019s biggest companies are increasingly turning to external candidates to lead them instead of promoting from within. However, outsider CEOs typically see more variable and poorer performance and are more likely to be forced out as a result than their home-grown colleagues. Findings from PwC Strategy&\u2019s CEO Success Study suggested (see charts) that internal succession planning was becoming a much lower priority around the world, with the UK taking the lead\u2026<\/p>\n The Benefits of Virtual Mentors<\/a>, by Bala Iyer<\/a> and Wendy Murphy via @HarvardBiz<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Having a mentor has always helped with professional development and career advancement, but in today\u2019s complex workplace, one mentor alone often won\u2019t do. To spark innovation and ideation, employees often require information from a number of areas in real time. That\u2019s why there is a need for us to have multiple mentors with expertise in various domains. The good news is the rapid expansion of social media inside and outside companies has made it possible for aspiring leaders to hone their craft from the very best experts in many domains via the internet or knowledge management (KM) systems. They can become your virtual mentors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Take a look at our selection for the best HR and tech articles in April 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[84,267,77,253],"class_list":["post-5498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hr-trends","tag-big-data","tag-collaborative-organization","tag-hr-trends","tag-talent-management-trends"],"yoast_head":"\n