The Talent Powered Organization: Strategies for Globalization, Talent Management and High Performance

✍ Scribed by Peter Cheese, Robert J Thomas, Elizabeth Craig, Robert J. Thomas

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Category: Library

✦ 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 at Accenture, it provides a series of conceptual frameworks to attract, develop, and retain the best workforce and offers practical examples of how to apply them. It presents various approaches to talent, including the Human Capital Development Framework and the ''talent multiplier.'' Subjects such as talent and knowledge management, employee engagement, recruitment challenges, the globalization of workforces, and managing virtual workforces are covered, creating a thorough exploration of talent that will help readers build a talent powered organization.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 3
Foreword......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction from the authors......Page 13
Talent Imperatives for a NewEconomic World......Page 19
A NEW CONTEXT......Page 20
THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF TALENT......Page 23
THE NEED TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY......Page 27
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING ANDSKILLS DEVELOPMENT......Page 40
THE CHALLENGE OF ENGAGEMENT......Page 47
MANAGING TALENT THROUGHOUTTHE ORGANIZATION......Page 58
SUMMARY......Page 61
A Strategic Approach toTalent......Page 63
THE EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE......Page 64
HIGH PERFORMANCE – THE KEY DRIVERS......Page 67
HOW TO MULTIPLY TALENT......Page 69
THE HR FUNCTION IN THE SPOTLIGHT......Page 93
HR AND TALENT MANAGEMENT: ANUNFINISHED EVOLUTION......Page 94
SUMMARY......Page 98
The Discovery of Talent......Page 100
IDENTIFYING YOUR TALENT NEEDS......Page 102
RECRUITMENT: WILL YOU DISCOVER TALENTOR DRIVE IT AWAY?......Page 109
SUMMARY......Page 124
From Talent Development toDeployment......Page 125
NEW DEMAND FOR NEW SKILLS......Page 126
DEPLOYING TALENT: MANAGING THEWORK STRATEGICALLY......Page 156
SUMMARY......Page 163
WHY ENGAGEMENT MATTERS......Page 164
WHAT ENGAGEMENT MEANS......Page 166
DRIVERS OF ENGAGEMENT......Page 175
GAINING MORE INSIGHT ON ENGAGEMENT –SEGMENTING THE WORKFORCE......Page 193
THE KEY INGREDIENT OF ENGAGEMENT –THE LINE MANAGERS......Page 196
SUMMARY......Page 199
Embedding and SustainingTalent Power......Page 200
MEASURING TALENT’S CONTRIBUTION TOBUSINESS PERFORMANCE......Page 201
MEASURING PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS – THECONCEPT OF MATURITY......Page 208
A FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIZING ANDMEASURING HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS......Page 213
THE TRANSFORMATION ANDREORGANIZATION OF HR......Page 220
EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBLE......Page 234
FAILURES OF COMMUNICATION......Page 243
SUMMARY......Page 245
Next Steps and the NewImperatives......Page 246
BECOMING A TALENT-POWEREDORGANIZATION......Page 247
CRITICAL TASKS FOR KEY STAKEHOLDERS......Page 259
CONCLUSIONS – BEYOND TALENTMULTIPLICATION......Page 265
References......Page 267
Index......Page 277