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Informationen zum Autor Alan Weiss is a consultant, speaker, and bestselling author of Getting Started in Consulting and Million Dollar Consulting . His firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has worked with clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, The Times Mirror Company, the Federal Reserve, The New York Times Company, and over 500 other leading organizations. His blog is www.contrarianconsulting.com. Dr. Nancy MacKay is President and cofounder of MacKay & Associates Advisors Inc. She coaches and facilitates six CEO networks involving over seventy CEOs. Her clients include Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Teekay Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RBC Royal Bank, TELUS, Methanex, Best Buy, and many other leading organizations. For more information, please visit www.mackayandassociates.ca. Klappentext A fun and creative guide to keeping customers ecstatically happyBusinesses are used to competing for market share, inexpensive labor, and time-to-market, but today's biggest competition among top firms may be the war for top talent. Today's best organizations are reaching across traditional geopolitical and cultural boundaries to attract and retain the best and brightest workers. In The Talent Advantage, authors Weiss and MacKay tap into their long experience as experts in talent recruitment and retainment to explain why today's business leaders must take firm control of the talent hunting process to ensure great hires. Here, they show leaders exactly how to do that.Alan Weiss (Greenwich, RI) is a consultant, speaker, and the bestselling author of Getting Started in Consulting (978-0-471-47969-7) and Million Dollar Consulting (978-0-07-138703-3). His firm, Summit Consulting Group, has worked on recruiting and retaining talent with Merck, Allianz Insurance, and Hewlett-Packard, among others. Nancy MacKay (North Vancouver, BC) is cofounder and President of MacKay & Associates Advisors Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in CEO coaching, leadership development, and corporate strategy. Her clients include RBC Royal Bank, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Teekay Corporation, and many other leading organizations. Zusammenfassung A fun and creative guide to keeping customers ecstatically happy Businesses are used to competing for market share, inexpensive labor, and time-to-market, but today's biggest competition among top firms may be the war for top talent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Introduction. About the Authors. Chapter 1 Why Leaders Must Fight the Battle. Human Resources is to Talent Search as Airplane Food is to Fine Dining. Strong leaders attract strong people. Threatened subordinates sink the ship. Staff functions are, well, staff functions. Would YOU be hired by your own HR department today? Chapter 2 The Five Failings of Non-Extraordinary Leaders (and their cures). The Leaders' Dysfunctions Become Everyone's Dysfunctions. Priorities: Not making the priority list. Assessment: Not knowing it if you tripped over it. Exemplar: Setting the wrong example (cognitive dissonance). Connections: Career development divorces succession planning. Women: Not understanding male filters. Chapter 3 The Three Priorities of the Talent-Seeking Leader. How to Accelerate and Simplify the Search for Top People. Winning the war for talent: People. Strategy development: Involving the right people. Strategy execution: Creating a culture of accountability for results. Chapter 4 Talent is More Than Pure Performance. We're Not Talking About Performing Seals. What is talent and why does it matter? The difference between good and outstanding. Talent "outs". Assessing your resources: Th...
