THE WAR FOR TALENT BOOK
The War For Talent
Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, Beth Axelrod
Published by Harvard Business School Press, 2001
In 1997, a groundbreaking McKinsey study exposed the “war for talent” as a strategic business challenge and a critical driver of corporate performance. Then, when the dot-com bubble burst and the economy cooled, many assumed the war for talent was over. It’s not.
Helen Handfield-Jones and her co-authors argue that winning the war for leadership talent is about much more than frenzied recruiting tactics. It’s about the timeless principles of attracting, developing and retaining highly talented managers – applied in bold new ways. And it’s about recognizing the strategic importance of human capital because of the enormous value that better talent creates.
Fortified by five years of in-depth research on how companies manage leadership talent – including surveys of 13,000 executives at more than 120 companies, and case studies of 27 leading companies – the authors propose a fundamentally new approach to talent management. They describe how to:
- Create a winning employee value proposition that will make your company uniquely attractive to talent
- Move beyond recruiting hype to build a long-term recruiting strategy
- Use job experiences, coaching, and mentoring to cultivate the potential in managers
- Strengthen your talent pool by investing in A players, developing B players and acting decisively on C players
Central to this approach is a pervasive talent mindset – a deep conviction shared by leaders throughout the company that competitive advantage comes from having better talent at all levels.
Written by recognized authorities on the topic, this is the definitive strategic guide on how to win the war for talent.
About The Authors
Ed Michaels is a recently retired Director of McKinsey & Company
Helen Handfield-Jones is an independant consultant specializing in Leadership Talent Strategy
Beth Axelrod, a McKinsey partner until 2002, is now Senior Vice President Human Resources, eBay
“The seminal book on the most significant problem facing all organizations.”
Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California and Author of Managing the Dream
“The War For Talent is the definitive playbook for talent management. Packed with original insights and game-changing ideas, it outlines action plans that all managers ought to consider. This book is an indispensable guide for learning how to apply the art and science of building your organization’s talent.”
Julian Kaufmann, Vice-President, Leadership and Organization Development, AOL Time Warner, Inc.
“Here at last is a book that takes us beyond the rhetoric and sets out a bold plan of action for actually winning the war for talent. Any CEO or any company that does not have talent as a burning business priority risks its future.”
Frank Cicutto, CEO, National Australia Bank
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Read a Chapter: Chapter One
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