Synopses & Reviews
Each day talent is becoming harder to find, harder to nurture, easier to lose, and easier to waste. Organizations that neglect to manage and grow their talent are certain to suffer a cumulative loss of performance. Some will not survive. The Talent Powered Organization shows how businesses and organizations must treat talent as a strategic issue so that all their operations are focused on growing the workforce talent on which they depend. It shows them how to change their shapes and attitudes and methods to engage their workforces productively. It demonstrates the new power of technology to provide continuous learning and performance improvement.
Review
<DIV>"Insightful, data-rich and comprehensive, <I>The Talent Powered Organization</I> makes a major contribution to the field -- a must read for all members of senior management and students of management." -- <B>Fred K. Foulkes</B>, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Boston University School of Management</DIV>
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<DIV>Talent is essential to competitiveness in the new economy. <I>The Talent Powered Organization</I> offers powerful arguments about how to develop and use it.” <B> Peter Cappelli, Professor, Wharton School of Business</B></DIV>
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<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>The Talent Powered Organization</I> is an exceptionally articulate and example-laden contribution to understanding the new corporation and the new employee.” <B> Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics</B></P></DIV>
Synopsis
Talent in the workplace is increasingly identified as a key factor in determining success. If effectively managed it has the potential to be a productive resource capable of adding value and competitive advantage to an organization.
The Talent Powered Organization takes a strategic yet practical view of talent. Drawing on research and real-life experiences with clients, the authors provide a series of conceptual frameworks to attract, develop, and retain the best workforce. It presents various approaches to managing talent, including the Human Capital Development Framework and the talent multiplier.” It covers subjects such as talent and knowledge management, employee engagement, recruitment challenges, the globalization of workforces, the changing demographics of workforces, and managing virtual workforces.
Synopsis
Talent in the workplace is increasingly identified as a key factor in determining success. If effectively managed it has the potential to be a productive resource capable of adding value and competitive advantage to an organization.
The Talent Powered Organization takes a strategic yet practical view of talent. Drawing on research and real-life experiences with clients, the authors provide a series of conceptual frameworks to attract, develop, and retain the best workforce. It presents various approaches to managing talent, including the Human Capital Development Framework and the "talent multiplier." It covers subjects such as talent and knowledge management, employee engagement, recruitment challenges, the globalization of workforces, the changing demographics of workforces, and managing virtual workforces.
Synopsis
Every day, workforce talent is becoming harder to gain and easier to lose. A potentially lethal mix of changing workforce demographics, reduced workforce engagement and alignment, and the need for new skills are forcing organizations to look anew at their recruitment and retention strategies. Crucially, organizations that neglect to manage and grow their talent are destined to suffer a dramatic decline in business performance.
The Talent Powered Organization combines a strategic and robust analysis of the dominant issues with a practical approach to reveal the best ways for you to recruit, manage, engage and retain people in your organization. The authors, leading experts on talent management within global consultancy Accenture, draw on a rich pool of international research and analysis to reveal key trends affecting recruitment and retention. Their findings provide you with the insight you need to ensure your organization doesn't lose out in the fight to attract and retain the right people.
With the help of the information provided in this book, you will be able to:
* Place talent at the heart of your business strategy
* Make leaders and line managers accountable for engaging employees
* Build organizational capabilities in learning and skills development
* Establish diversity as a key strategic asset for success
* Enlist your entire organization in identifying and nurturing talent
Containing case studies, international research findings, and practical tools, this book provides you with an objective platform for reviewing talent in your company. It will empower you to understand the forces affecting recruitment and retention and harness them for the long term good of your organization and customers.
About the Author
Peter Cheese is the Managing Partner for Accentures Human Performance practice globally. He has more than 20 years experience in consulting. Robert Thomas is an Accenture partner and executive director of Accenture's Institute for High Performance Business in Cambridge, MA. He specializes in transformational organizational and technological change. He is co-author with Warren Bennis of Leading for a Lifetime: How Defining Moments Shape Leaders of Today and Tomorrow (Harvard Business Press). Elizabeth Craig is a research fellow at the Accenture Institute for High Performance in Cambridge, MA, specializing in human resource management.