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Zusatztext '[The authors] take a robust and critical view of the effectiveness of talent management in large organisations.' (Developing Leaders! October 2010). Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Davies is a respected HR leader with 18 years' experience in strategic human resource management. She has led the global talent agendas in two FTSE top 10 companies and driven executive integration programmes for two of the largest acquisitions in corporate history. Jacqueline is a recognised thought leader in how companies can deploy talent strategies to achieve commercial advantage. Jacqueline is a non-executive director of two charities and has recently been appointed to the Advisory Board on Leadership Ethics at the Bristol Business School. She can be contacted at truthabouttalent@btinternet.com. Jeremy Kourdi is a writer and executive coach. His experience includes commercial leadership, writing and coaching expertise gained with leading brands. During his career he has worked in Europe, North America and the Middle East with a range of organizations including HSBC, Pearson, London Business School, IMD and he was Senior Vice-President with The Economist Group. For further information visit www.LeadershipExpertise.com. Klappentext 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 developed and engaged in different ways. The book provides a practical guide explaining how to segment the workforce, why, what to expect when you do, and how to ensure that this approach succeeds. Zusammenfassung Understanding the truth about talent in all forms is a vital step in developing a long-term, sustainable, successful organization. The Truth about Talent explores the different ways for organizations to recognize talent from people at different stages of their career, as well as from people with different experiences and aspirations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Recognizing the talent 'doom loop' 3 About our research 6 Seven key insights 6 How this book is organized 7 1 We Are All Talent Now 13 What we mean by talent 19 Talent ecology and the truth about talent 20 The truth about talent 24 We are all talent now 27 Talent is abundant and diverse 27 The talented are those who generate value, not merely those who can get to the top 27 Potential is discretionary 27 Growing and engaging talent is at the core of leadership 28 HR must reinvent itself to deliver practices for a 'workforce of one' 28 Talented people are attracted to talented places 28 2 A New Way of Thinking About Talent 31 How organizations think about talent 31 What we mean by talent 32 How talent management is changing 34 A fragmented, fluctuating supply of labour 36 From the credit crunch to the capability crunch 37 Connected consumption 38 Where we are today: the problem with current views of 'talent' in organizations 39 The belief that the future can be managed: from succession to scenario planning 40 The belief that we can spot our future leaders today (and manage their careers) 42 The march of the 'high potentials' 42 Potential for what? 44 Being insightful 45 Moving beyond the usual suspects ... 47 The rise of dis...
