The Talent Management Handbook, Second Edition: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting, Developing, and Promoting the Best People - Hardcover

Berger, Dorothy; Berger, Lance

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 007173905X ISBN 13: 9780071739054

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO FINDING, DEVELOPING, AND KEEPING THE BEST TALENT

The most comprehensive book of its kind, The Talent Management Handbook has become the go-to resource for HR professionals, CEOs, and business leaders who want to take the lead in building a diverse, talented, and motivated workforce. Each section of this book offers state-of-the-art processes, step-by-step practical management tools and techniques, and up-to-the-minute resources that will equip you to:

• Discover and develop new talent
• Inspire, coach, and train future leaders
• Reward and retain the best people
• Plan and realize a culture of organizational excellence

Featuring breakthroughs and "best practices" from more than 30 leading global talent management firms--Accenture, Center for Creative Leadership, Hay Group, Heidrick and Struggles, Human Capital Institute,Korn/Ferry International, Mercer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Right Management, Sibson Consulting, TowersWatson, and others--The Talent Management Handbook is a complete, all-in-one program designed to help youplace the best people in the most critical jobs to assemble the building blocks of organizational excellence and create value--one person at a time.

Based on years of research, hundreds of global consultations, and the stellar contributions of top industry leaders, The Talent Management Handbook is the most authoritative guide on the market for findingand utilizing the best people. Now in its second edition, this book includes the most innovative ideas and the latest tools, processes, and technologies available to help you launch a complete, fully functioning talent management program that will drive you and your workforce to the top.

Filled with key insights from renowned HR thought leaders and CEOs, The Talent Management Handbook shows you how to:

• Attract new talent and keep the "Superkeepers"
• Design career plans that boost employee morale and support organization needs
• Improve performance through a personal value exchange
• Coach, develop, and inspire raw talent and prepare the CEOs of the future
• See positive results with smarter performance reviews
• Create a culture of innovation and sustainability

In these pages there is a wealth of information on a wide range of subjects, including employee compensation, onboarding, leadership competencies, and engagement programs. Discover firsthand how top HR thought leaderslike Dave Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Boyatzis, Marc Effron, Beverly Kaye, Andy Pellant, William Rothwell, William Schiemann, Doris Sims, Allan Schweyer, Kay Thorne, and Kevin Wilde have achieved amazing results. And learn how expanding global markets are affecting the developmentof talent and teams all across the world.

It takes a top-notch workforce to make a company succeed. This definitive guide gives you all you need to enable your organization's people to do their best.

About this title

About the Authors

Lance A. Berger is CEO of Lance A. Berger & Associates, Ltd., a management consulting firm specializing in compensation and change management. A former general partner for the largest compensation practice worldwide at the Hay Group, he wrote and edited (with Milton Rock) The Compensation Handbook, Third Edition. He also wrote The Change Management Handbook: A Road Map to Corporate Transformation and Deengineering the Corporation: Leading Growth from Within. He has been a featured speaker at the United Nations, The Conference Board, American Management Association, and the American Compensation Association.

Dorothy R. Berger is managing director of Haverford Business Press, a firm specializing in the development of business publications. She edited The Change Management Handbook, Deengineering the Corporation, and is the for The Change Manager newsletter.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007173905X
• ISBN 13: 9780071739054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 576