Tom Peters is arguably one of the world’s most influential thinkers. An early proponent of personal branding (Coined the word Brand You), Tom is big on getting ‘talent’ right, and it takes a central place in most of his trademark themes (business excellence, quality and leadership), books and presentations.

Loud, bold, and confronting his presentations are unforgettable both in content and style.  Not everyone’s cup of tea, his presentations are richly populated by thought provoking and inspirational quotes collected from a wide range of sources.  Some of the money quotes from Tom’s presentation:

“Some traditionalist bosses see the Brand You notion as institutionalized dis-loyalty. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth. Brand You is about people profoundly committed to personal growth—and it goes without saying [I think] that people committed to growth are by far the most engaged and valuable employees”. – Tom Peters

“The leaders of Great Groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others.” — Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman, Organizing Genius

“In short, hiring is the most important aspect of business and yet remains woefully misunderstood.” – Source: Wall Street Journal, 10.29.08, review of Who: The A Method for Hiring, Geoff Smart and Randy Street

“Development can help great people be even better— but if I had a dollar to spend, I’d spend 70 cents getting the right person in the door.” —Paul Russell, Director, Leadership & Development, Google

Below is a presentation by Tom. Anyone in the business of talent attraction and acquisition will find it useful.

In May, I spoke on IT remuneration and recruitment trends at the IIR’s ICT Skills Shortage Conference (Representing my previous employer).  The first half of my presentation hovers around one central theme – money is important, but the IT workforce wants more. Accordingly, employers are migrating towards ‘total rewards’, including paying more attention on intrinsic rewards. I also explored the factors driving remuneration trends in the Australian IT sector.

However, I have taken out the second half of the presentation (recruitment trends and shift in the behaviour of candidates), VIDEO clips and all proprietary data associated with my previous employer, so you might find the presentation a bit disjointed. I’ll post the missing parts as new stand-alone presentations at a later stage. As usual, requests for copies of the slides can be directed to info (at) destinationtalent.com.au, otherwise the presentation is on Slideshare to view.

I’ve been exchanging emails/twitter with Michael Marlatt of Cloud Recruiting fame. Michael generously sent me his latest presentation to share with readers of my blog (Download it here. Warning big file!)

Michael is a big believer in the usefulness of mobile communication tools for recruiting talent. In his presentation, Michael paints a clear picture of why mobile matters, and why it has to be part of any talent recruitment strategy.

Using SMS or other forms of mobile communication for recruitment is in its infancy in Australia, even though we have one of the highest mobile penetration rate in the world.

Michael mentioned that an opportunity to speak in Australia might present itself next year. Watch this space.

A presentation on the Australian Job board landscape. Email me at info@destinationtalent.com.au if you want the presentation slides.