What Companies Must Do Now to Survive the Impending Talent Crisis Unprecedented shifts in the age distribution and diversity of the global labor pool are underway. Within the decade, as the massive boomer generation begins to retire and fewer skilled workers are available to replace them, companies in industrialized markets will face a labor shortage and brain drain of dramatic proportions. …
Business has long struggled with the notion of "human capital," but do companies really know the value of their people? All too frequently, companies lay off thousands of workers to boost share price while, at the same time, their annual reports promise that "people are our greatest asset!" Now, for the first time, human capital experts Brian Friedman, James Hatch, and David M. Walker show how …
Follow this path shows you how the traditional ways to engage people no longer apply in today's world. Instead, it offers a system it calls The Gallup Path, based on the proven, revolutionary strategies of the most successful businesses. You'll learn the prerequisites of an effective workplace, forge unbreakable bonds between employees and customers with the book's 34 Routes to Superior Perform…
TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction: How this Book Came to Be Sect. I Who are the Generations and why do they Collide? 1 Generational Turbulence 2 From World War II to the World Wide Web 3 The Tie-Dyed Preppy 4 Race, Religion, Gender...What Next? Sect. II Putting the Generations to Work 5 What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up? 6 From a Gold Clock to Founde…
The Net Generation Has Arrived. Are you ready for it? Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and 30. You've seen them doing five things at once: texting friends, downloading music, uploading videos, watching a movie on a two-inch screen, and doing who-knows-what on Facebook or MySpace. They're the first generation to have literally grown up digital--and they're part of…