The Essential Guide to Managing Talent: How Top Companies Recruit, Train and Retain the Best Employees - Softcover

THORNE, Kaye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749444630 ISBN 13: 9780749444631

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2006

Synopsis

Losing top talent can cost businesses big money. The ability to identify and nurture talent is a trait that is shared by the market leading brands (such as Innocent and Virgin) featured as case studies in this book. A common misconception is that attracting and retaining talented staff is all about offering an attractive salary. But although pay is one of the leading motivators for choosing a job, learning and development opportunities and employer perceptions play an increasingly important role.

As well as adding to the debate on the 'war on talent', Thorne and Pellant present the latest best-practice thinking about becoming an employer of choice. Written in an accessible easy-to-follow style, this essential guide is a comprehensive introduction to talent management. It enables readers to quickly make sense of the term 'employer branding' and demonstrates how to apply it in order to become an attractive employer.

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About the Authors

Kaye Thorne is a well-respected talent coach, management consultant, and founder of a creative consultancy based in the UK with associate partnerships in the US and Australia. She has worked with a number of leading organisations in developing their employer brand and is author of Coaching for Change, also published by Kogan Page.

Andy Pellant is a sought-after speaker, high-impact coach and culture change specialist who heads up emergentedge, an international consultancy firm specializing in the areas of coaching, leadership development and organizational change.

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1. What is talent?

So where do we start?

What is talent management?

Think about the bigger organizational picture

In summary

Autodesk case study

2. The strategic role for HR

What roles can HR effectively provide?

In summary

Portman Building Society case study

3. Becoming an employer of choice

Organizational brand model

Employer branding in practice

In summary

HSA case study

Virgin case study

4. Supporting the new leaders

How do the best leaders lead?

What is the impact of leadership style on the retention of talent?

In summary

Universal Music Talent case study

5. Future proofing the organization: the 'war for talent'

The war for talent

So how do you future proof an organization?

Making it happen

In summary

Tenon case study

6. Talented people: what are the motivators and drivers?

So how do you engage the hearts and minds of talented people?

What is the biggest challenge about being talented?

How can HR help to motivate talented people?

Discretionary contribution

In summary

innocent case study

7. How to create the right environment for talent to thrive

What do we know about talented people?

What do they want?

What conditions do talented people thrive in?

How do talented people prefer to learn?

Making learning a real experience

How do talented people like to be managed?

Creating a development plan for talented individuals

Managing the implementation of the talent development process

In summary

3 Monkeys case study

8. Creating the talent pool

Talent and employability

Growing talent

Managing the implementation of the talent development process

How well do you manage your talent?

In summary

Department for Transport case study

9. Developing thought leadership

Knowledge management

What are the implications of being a thought leader?

What about original thought?

So how do you develop thought leadership?

How to generate ideas

Key actions to stimulate thought leadership

What are the implications of thought leadership for HR?

In summary

10. The future for talent development

What will be the future trends in talent development?

11. Talent -- a personal view

Talent -- a personal view: Peter Honey

Talent -- a personal view: Caitlin Hammond

Talent -- a personal view: Clayton Glen

Talent -- a personal view: Dennis Preston

Talent -- a personal view: David Parks

12. The basis of our research

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749444630
• ISBN 13: 9780749444631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208