Reinventing Talent Management : How to Maximize Performance in the New Marketplace

by William A. Schiemann; Foreword by: Susan R. Meisinger (retired CEO, SHRM)

• ISBN13: 9780470526330
• ISBN10: 0470526335
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Praise for Reinventing Talent Management"Bill Schiemann's book is a comprehensive presentation of the need to better understand, measure, and increase organizational people equity. It clearly transforms concepts that have historically been considered less tangible into actionable imperatives. Today more than ever, it's essential that leadership maximizes alignment, capabilities, and engagement within their organizations." -Paul Schultz, President and COO, Jack in the Box Inc."Reinventing Talent Management has arrived just in time. Given the challenging times we face today, recruiting and retaining the very best people is now more important than ever. Bill has developed a unique innovative framework on how to do this, as well as provided a broad array of practical approaches to putting the theory into action." -Keith Lawrence, Director, Human Resources, Procter & Gamble"Reinventing Talent Management is an outstanding blend of research and practice. It reports compelling research on the value of investing in talent and offers specific recommendations on how to develop people equity through alignment, capabilities, and engagement. The book confirms what good people managers do and offers specific guidelines for those wanting to upgrade their people management skills." -Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and Partner, The RBL Group"Bill makes the case for reinventing talent management and tells us how to do it. The book is loaded with good examples and must-take actions that lead to a winning talent management strategy." -Edward E. Lawler III, founder and Director, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and author of Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage"Talent management certainly needs to be reinvented-this book does it! Read, learn, redo!" -Dr. Richard Beatty, Professor of Human Resource Management, Rutgers University"Reinventing Talent Management provides an accessible framework that offers pragmatic ways to better understand how investments in human capital and talent can be measured and linked to financial returns." -Dr. John Boudreau, Professor and Research Director, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

New Rules in a Changing World

The Talent Challenge

People Equity: What It Is and Why It Matters

How to Manage People Equity

Measuring the Unmeasurable

Measuring People Equity

ACE and Resource Allocation

Optimizing Talent

Aligning Strategy, Culture, and Talent

Capabilities: Fuel for Growing Customer Value

Getting Engaged

Managing the Talent Life Cycle

Finding Fit

First Impressions

Growing Your Talent Reservoir

Retaining Top Talent in Good Times and Bad The Road Ahead

Appendix: Exercise: Impact of Trends on Your Talent Management

Notes

Index

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