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Everywhere, the story is the same:
- Michigan and Ohio launch expensive national
advertising campaigns to lure skilled workers to businesses
in their states
- Boeing Company reports a loss of $696
million, blamed in part on its ability to find qualified
workers
- Mid- and large-sized U.S. companies look
to fill over 190,000 information technology jobs -- with
little hope of success
- Southeast Asia needs at least 3 million
more managers, double the current number, to catch up
with the developed world
The US and other growing economies face
an escalating talent crisis. As companies find it harder
to fill positions and keep good people, the balance of power
is shifting dramatically from the employer to the employee.
To stay in the chase, companies must learn new strategies
that focus on their skilled employees -- or quickly lose
their best workers to more progressive competitors!
The Talent Solution: Aligning Strategy
& People to Achieve Extraordinary Results holds
the key to leveraging a company's most vital competitive
advantage -- its people.
This research-driven, groundbreaking book
tells executives how to win in the marketplace and win with
their employees. Its details include:
- Successful efforts by Continental Airlines,
Shell, Whirlpool, and other companies to align, engage,
and measure the performance of their people
- How innovative companies have learned
to cope with today's constant -- CHANGE -- by allowing
and enabling people to evolve with the company
- A proven model for implementing strategy,
driving new behaviors, and keeping key employees AND key
customers satisfied
Like it or not, the talent shortage has
become a stark fact of life for every manager: Staying on
top of it is today's biggest business challenge. Packed
with examples of both amazing success and catastrophic miscalculation,
The Talent Solution is your step-by-step guidebook
to transforming your organization into a world-class competitor
and a great place to work.
Edward L. Gubman, Ph.D., is the global
leader for Hewitt Associates' Organization Effectiveness
consulting practice. He consults with leading employers
around the world in aligning business, organizational, and
workforce strategies to increase business success. Gubman
speaks frequently to industry and personnel groups, and
has published numerous articles on organization performance
and people management. He has appeared on CNN, and is quoted
often by The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago
Tribune, and other leading business publications.
Hewitt Associates LLC is a global management
consulting firm specializing in human resource solutions.
The firm serves 2,800 clients around the world, including
75% of the Fortune 500. With more than 7,500 associates
located in 70 offices in 30 countries around the world,
the firm ranks among Forbes' "Top 500 Private Companies"
and was the only consulting firm cited in The
100 Best Companies to Work for in America.
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