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Rack PD – Development, Performance Counseling, Evaluation, and Selection Systems
Aisle P — Personnel & Talent Management
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)
Personnel (P): Manpower Strategies (PA) — Civilian Pers. Management (PC) — Development & Evaluation (PD) — Professional Military Education (PE) — Diversity & Inclusion (PI) — Pay & Benefits (PP) — Recruiting & On-Boarding (PR) — Training & Credentialing (PT) — Utilization (PU) — All-Volunteer Force & Selective Service (PV) — Casualty & Survivor Programs (PX) — Service & Joint Personnel (PZ)
Disclaimer: The inclusion of resources here is for informational, historical, and research purposes only and is provided as a service for US Army War College faculty, students, and graduates to support their educational and professional requirements. These may include outdated or superseded materials. The inclusion of these materials does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.
This rack addresses military professional development programs extending across the life cycle of one’s service. Resources include readings and commentary on performance counseling, career management, feedback systems, assessments, evaluation systems, and selection processes such as for promotions and schools.
This shelf provides resources associated with the general theory and practice of development, coaching, counseling, evaluating, and selecting talent.
Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- DA Pam 600-3, Commissioned Officer Professional Development and Career Management, 2010.
Strategies and Reports:
- Department of the Army, Army Talent Management Assessment Strategy (Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 2024).
- Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, and Michael J. Colarusso, Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy for Success: Developing Talent (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2010).
- Wardynski, Casey, David S. Lyle, and Michael J. Colarusso, Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy for Success: Employing Talent (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2010).
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Cappelli, Peter, and Anna Tavis. “The performance management revolution,” Harvard Business Review 94, no. 10 (2016): 58-67, https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/files/socialscience/files/the_future_of_performance_reviews_hbs_10.2016_0.pdf
- Kearney, Paul. “Not Worth a Thousand Words: Abandoning the DA Photo,” WAR ROOM, April 3, 2020, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/da-photo/
- Landry, Adaira and Resa E. Lewiss. “What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like,” Harvard Business Review (2020), https://hbr.org/2020/08/what-efficient-mentorship-looks-like
- Leed, Maren and David Sokolow, The Ingenuity Gap: Office Management for the 21st Century (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2010), https://www.csis.org/news/ingenuity-gap-officer-management-21st-century
- Mackenzie, Lori, J. Wehner, and Shelley J. Correll. “Why most performance evaluations are biased, and how to fix them,” Harvard Business Review (2019), https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
- “Pull, Don’t Push: Designing Effective Feedback Systems,” Wharton Business School, February 2, 2021, https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/pull-dont-push-designing-effective-feedback-systems/
- “Whiteboard: How Well Does the Army Develop Strategic Leaders?” WAR ROOM, June 25, 2018, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/special-series/whiteboard/wb01-leader-development-1/
Title image credit: U.S. Army photo, public domain.
Personnel (P): Manpower Strategies (PA) — Civilian Pers. Management (PC) — Development & Evaluation (PD) — Professional Military Education (PE) — Diversity & Inclusion (PI) — Pay & Benefits (PP) — Recruiting & On-Boarding (PR) — Training & Credentialing (PT) — Utilization (PU) — All-Volunteer Force & Selective Service (PV) — Casualty & Survivor Programs (PX) — Service & Joint Personnel (PZ)
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)