Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World's Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent

CONCLUSION

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

 

—ALBERT EINSTEIN

 

 

 

 

The case studies presented in this book provide a detailed picture of how fourteen organizations have successfully responded to challenges in talent management. The tipping points for action were varied, and included declining growth, a lack of qualified external hires, a need for internal succession planning, and the need to align talent strategy with business strategy. While the solutions were uniquely crafted to the needs of each company, each utilized the six-phase strategy advocated by the Best Practice Institute: Business Diagnosis, Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, On-the-Job Support, and Evaluation.

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