Make Your People Before You Make Your Products (PDF)

Your people hold the key to your business success

Make Your People Before You Make Your Products is an
authoritative guide to the evolution of talent management. Written
specifically for HR professionals this book describes how
organizations can gain a global competitive edge through better
management of talent resources. With a practice-based philosophy,
readers will learn more effective talent management strategies for
a complex market in which people are often the only competitive
advantage. Inclusivity is emphasized, and discussion centres on
innovative, dynamic, fluid approaches to talent acquisition,
development, and retention.

In today's market environment, talent has moved from audience to
community while leadership has shifted from control to empowerment.
Traditional, linear approaches to talent management are falling
short, and directing resources solely to senior management and
HIPOs is no longer a valid strategy. This book provides practical
guidance on more modern approaches, helping organizations to:

* Attract and retain the best talent by expanding talent resource
management

* Augment traditional management methods with more dynamic
techniques

* Develop a talent strategy that recognizes the new diversity of
supply and demand

* Consider the evolving roles of talent and leadership in a
global context

Contextual changes in workplace dynamics necessitate an updated
approach for keeping the best people on board and using them to
their utmost potential. Talent management is a driving force behind
an organization's success, affecting outcomes by every major metric
- if the strategy becomes stale, success is no longer
sustainable. Make Your People Before You Make Your Products
is guide toward developing an organization's greatest asset.