Preface
The Imperative of Talent
Talent is becoming recognized as a core competitive asset in business organizations and as the currency of business. Over recent years, companies have widely adopted talent management programs and processes in an effort to attract, select, develop, deploy, engage, and retain talented employees who can help achieve business objectives. At first glance, the broad adoption of talent management programs and initiatives seems to be a blind rush into a new Human Resource (HR) framework. However, based on our own lengthy experience in organizations, we sense that the new focus on talent management is potentially a significant paradigm shift for both organizations and human resources. In working on this book, we leveraged ...