The truth about talent : a guide to building a dynamic workforce, realising potential, and helping leaders succeed / Jacqueline Davies and Jeremy Kourdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Jacqueline, 1970- author.

Kourdi, Jeremy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee motivation.

Personnel management.

Ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Guide to building a dynamic workforce, realizing potential and helping leaders succeed

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In this new book, Jacqueline Davies and Jeremy Kourdi argue that organizations are failing to realize the simple truth about talent: they are misunderstanding their people, making flawed choices and allowing the true potential of their workforce to go unused and unfulfilled. Understanding the truth about talent in all its forms is a vital step in developing an organization and ensuring long-term, sustainable success. A core part of their thesis is that organizations should recognize that people at different stages of their career and with different experiences and aspirations need to develop

Contents:

The Truth About Talent; Contents; Introduction; 1 We Are All Talent Now; 2 A New Way of Thinking About Talent; 3 Talent Diversity: You Need to Believe It to See It; 4 Strategy - Beginning With the End in Mind; 5 Hire and Wire: Developing Your Organization's Talent Ecology; 6 Getting Personal: The Workforce of One; 7 Engaging With Talent; 8 The Meaning of Work; 9 Leading for Talent; 10 Techniques for Realizing Talent in Your Whole Workforce; Conclusion: Creating a Talent Flywheel; Appendix: Researching the Truth About Talent; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612939570

9780470662373

0470662379

9781119206668

1119206669

9781282939578

1282939572

9780470711569

0470711566

OCLC:

700701785