Talent Management Essentials

Senior Executive Assessment is a concise and practical guide that demystifies assessment that is conducted at the senior-executive level. • Defines Senior Executive Assessment, describes its benefits, and explains how it differs from assessment at lower levels • Discusses how significant shifts in markets and business models can require a change in the characteristics needed in senior executives • Provides a practical model with suggestions for assessing senior executives • Offers guidelines for determining what assessment methods to use in an organization • Examines practical considerations in how to choose professionals to conduct senior executive assessment

This book presents an evidence-based best practice approach to the design, development, and operation of formal mentoring programs within organizations. It includes practical tools and resources that organizations can use such as training exercises, sample employee development plans, and mentoring contracts. Case studies from organizations with successful mentoring programs illustrate various principles (e.g., how the mentoring program is aligned with other organizational systems) and suggest best practice contemporary strategies.

Providing both practical advice, tools, and case examples, Employee Engagement translates best practices, ideas, and concepts into concrete and practical steps that will change the level of engagement in any organization. • Explores the meaning of engagement and how engagement differs significantly from other important yet related concepts like satisfaction and commitment • Discusses what it means to create a culture of engagement • Provides a practical presentation deck and talking points managers can use to introduce the concept of engagement in their organization • Addresses issues of work-life balance, and non-work activities and their relationship to engagement at work.

Career Paths offers a career path model and useful tools and tips for developing, implementing, and integrating career paths into talent management systems. The authors describe the value of career paths from individual employee, organizational, and industry standpoints and show how career path efforts can be integrated with recruitment and hiring, strategic planning, succession management, employee development, and retention programs. With a sample career path guide and a list of resources for organizations, this book is an indispensable reference for HR professionals, managers and executives, training and development professionals, and organizational consultants.

Real Time Leadership Development provides research and practices-based guidance and tools for leaders to use to fully leverage experience-based development for their own growth and to build the next generation of leaders in their organization. • Teaches you how to identify the key experiences, competencies, and relationships that are critical in the development of current and future leaders. • Answers the question "Leadership for the sake of what?" by helping you identify your leadership principles and think about your legacy. • Provides guidance on organization-wide metrics such as employee surveys, succession management metrics, and performance development plan audits. • Includes "Taking Action" sections that provide tools for developing future talent in individuals, teams, and organizations. • Discusses relevant books, articles, and research studies that deepen your understanding of the subject matter.