Defining Talent (Part 1)

What is talent? Who has it? What’s the difference between “competent” and “talented?” Given that the Army currently benchmarks against the former, how does shifting focus towards the latter change things? If the Army embraces “talent,” what role does talent management play?

Defining Talent (Part 2)

Over the years, the Army has needed both specialists and generalists. How does it accommodate both deep and broad talent? What talents should the United States Army seek in its officers? Lastly, the pathway to general officership and command is relatively narrow in the Army’s current officer career model – how does the Army change a culture that defines success narrowly?

Retaining Talent

For many years, the Army has focused on retaining the right quantity of officers. How does the Army retain talent instead of simply retaining numbers? How can it retain the right talent across all phases of the 30-year officer career model? Can the Army expand its use...

Developing Talent

Despite success in this area, authorized strength and inventory mismatches, an inverse relationship between responsibility and formal developmental time, and sparse non-operational development opportunities are serious challenges the Army must address in the...

Evaluating Talent

Today’s Army officer evaluation system exhibits two particular flaws – rating inflation and generic information. Students will consider the ways in which this hampers the Arm’s ability to discern the talents and productive potential of each...