Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter.It’s a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people to make change happen. And it does—but not fast enough. Or effectively enough. Real value gets l…
Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find out—with Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers 12-14 insightful essays by top leaders in business, the public sector, and academia on the most pressing issues they’ve faced. The contributors share surprisingly personal anecdotes an…
Interpreting the results of a 1997 survey of 77 large American companies, three people from an Atlanta-based consulting company argue that it is not the processes of human relations that distinguish high-performing from average-performing companies, but the fundamental belief by leaders in the importance of talent. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Brantham (a consultant with a private firm) explains what employees want and describes how human factors should affect the type of reward system offered. Brantham offers 24 strategies for retaining employees, profiles companies with excellent employee retention, and provides examples of the techniques they use. Four key principles are emphasized: being a company that people want to work for, hi…
Tulgan, consultant on new management practices, shares what he has learned and taught at the front lines of the war for talent, which many see as the single most important challenge business faces in the 21st century. Basing his discussion on current research about the character and proclivities of this swelling free-agent labor force, he tells how managers at some of America's most influential…