First, by searching yourself for answers to questions like these: What do you do better than anyone? What are you most proud of?

Top execs develop emotional intelligence skills to improve their relationships and make smart decisions.

Don’t violate the first rule of change management—work with people to effect change.

Talent development and HR roles are combining for an integrated people function.

A series of steps—called TACK—can help hiring managers empower independent workers while following company policy.

Five negotiation strategies to take you far in life and in the C-suite.

Business acumen is the ability to link keen insights about and a thorough assessment of the business landscape with an awareness of how money is made and then executing a strategy that delivers results. Sounds complicated, right? Well, it is. But you can break it down into simpler terms. At its core, having business acumen means understanding how your business operates, competes against other organizations, and makes money. 

Unemployment numbers are hitting new lows after years of recovery from the 2008 recession, which means organizations must work harder to appear attractive to new and current talent. The Association for Talent Development’s recent research report, How Does Your Pay Stack Up? 2017 Talent Development Compensation, Benefits, and Job Seeker Report, dove into the data to discover just how many talent development practitioners are currently looking for jobs and what they consider before accepting a new one.

According to Gallup research, employees who use their strengths on the job are six times more likely to be engaged on the job. As a result, employees who understand and use their strengths achieve greater levels of productivity, longer organizational tenure, and a higher impact to an organization's bottom line. As a C-suite executive, do you know your strengths and how you can use them to lead and influence your team?

An organization's talent development function exists, among other reasons, to develop employees so that they're able to contribute to achieving organizational goals. But if employees likely won't remain with one company throughout their entire careers, and given the evolving work dynamics in place, it's to employees' advantage to take professional development into their own hands, to achieve their personal goals. Right?

Just because you've reached the C-suite doesn't mean you no longer can benefit from networking.

Don't let fear of failure hold you back.

In this Q&A, Chief Learning Officer Rahul Varma provides an inside look at the talent development function at Accenture. How does Accenture define talent development? It's the end-to-end experience each employee needs to grow their career and reach their full potential. Talent development encompasses...