The Talent Powered Organization : Strategies for Globalization, Talent Management and High Performance (Paperback)  | Released: 2011

More than any other factor today, talent makes the difference between your organizations success and failure. Whatever your talent challenge- recruiting young technicians from the developing world, getting more from your current employees, or retaining precious experience from an ageing workforce - you must confront new realities, apply new analytical tools and develop new capabilities. The Talent Powered Organization provides a strategic and holistic view of talent and shows companies how to transform talent management from a supporting function to an essential competitive capability. It puts forth five talent imperatives that your organization must heed to succeed, put talent at the heart of your business strategy make diversity a key strategic asset build organizational capabilities in learning and skills development make leaders and line managers accountable for engaging employees enlist your entire organization in identifying and nurturing talent. Whatever your role in your organization - leader, functional executive, or line manager- The Talent Powered Organization will make you think about talent in a new way, and give you the framework and methods you need to create talent power for strategic success.Table of Contents: Talent imperatives for a new economic world A new context The strategic importance of talent The need to embrace diversity The importance of learning and skills development The challenge of engagement Managing talent throughout the organization Summary A strategic approach to talent The executive perspective High performance- the key drivers How to multiply talent The HR function in the spotlight HR and talent management: an unfinished evolution Summary The discovery of talent Identifying your talent needs Recruitment: will you discover talent or drive it away? Summary From talent development to deployment New demand for new skills Deploying talent: managing the work strategically Engagement Why engagement matters What engagement means Drivers of engagement Gaining more insight on engagement - segmenting the workforce The key ingredient of engagement- the line managers Summary Embedding and sustaining talent power Measuring talents contribution to business performance Measuring process effectiveness- the concept of maturity A framework for prioritizing and measuring human capital investments The transformation and reorganization of HR Everyones responsible Failures of communication Next steps and the new imperatives Becoming a talent-powered organization Critical tasks for key stakeholders Conclusions- beyond talent multiplication.