Effective Succession Planning

Effective Succession Planning
Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2015-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814449166

Organizations that don’t take steps to address future talent needs at all levels will face some major obstacles when undervalued key employees get burned out and leave you to fend for yourself. Nobody likes to lose good employees. But sometimes the loss of a key employee can be disruptive to the business at best, and completely disastrous at worst. The most comprehensive book on the subject, the fifth edition of the bestselling Effective Succession Planning covers every base of how to address future talent needs before a crisis hits, including how to: Identify competencies and clarify organizational values Plan for and quickly fill crucial vacancies at all levels Develop and retain top talent Assess current needs and future resources for seamless succession planning Updated with current best practices, trends, and technology, the latest edition also includes: succession planning for small businesses and nonprofits; replacement planning; transition management; downsizing; international issues; mergers and acquisitions as a talent strategy; and succession planning for technical positions as well as roles built on longstanding social relationships. Don’t risk the loss of your most valued employees and their accumulated wisdom and experience that has been key to your company’s success for many years. Effective Succession Planning is your go-to indispensable guide for avoiding the catastrophe that losing them would bring.

Wait, I'm the Boss?!?

Wait, I'm the Boss?!?
Author: Peter Economy
Publisher: Career Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1632651645

"This book is chock-full of useful information, tips, and checklists that can be used by anyone who aspires to become a skilled manager. While it's written with the new manager in mind, it can also serve as a useful refresher for any manager, no matter how experienced he or she may be. This guide explores the fundamental skills that every manager needs to understand, practice, and master, such as, building teams and teamwork, setting goals, creating a fun and effective organizational culture, rewarding and motivating employees, leading organizational change, learning how to hire great employees, correcting poor performance, coaching and mentoring, delegation, communicating effectively, and dealing with layoffs and terminations"--

Effective Succession Planning

Effective Succession Planning
Author: William Rothwell
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2010-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814414176

William Rothwell honored with the ASTD Distinguished Contribution Award in Workplace Learning and Performance. The definitive guide to a timely and timeless topic-- now fully revised and updated. As baby boomers continue to retire en masse from executive suites, managerial offices, and specialized or technical jobs, the question is—who will take their places? This loss of valuable institutional memory has made it apparent that no organization can afford to be without a strong succession program. Now in its fourth edition, Effective Succession Planning provides the tools organizations need to establish, revitalize, or revise their own succession planning and management (SP&M) programs. The book has been fully updated to address challenges brought on by sea changes such as globalization, recession, technology, and the aftereffects of the terror attacks. It features new sections on identifying and assessing competencies and future needs; management vs. technical succession planning; and ethics and conduct; and new chapters on integrating recruitment and retention strategies with succession planning programs. This edition incorporates the results of two extensive new surveys, and includes a Quick Start guide to help begin immediate implementation as well as a CD-ROM packed with assessments, checklists, customizable guides, and other practical tools.

Human Resource Management: Text & Cases, 2nd Edition

Human Resource Management: Text & Cases, 2nd Edition
Author: Pande Sharon & Basak Swapnalekha
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9325987600

In a constantly evolving service-led Indian economy, human resources have become the cornerstone of an organization's success. The management of human capability has become an art that has to be understood and mastered to run a successful enterprise. Human Resource Management: Text and Cases, 2e, explains the basic concepts of this discipline and presents cases that provide an insight into the challenges faced by HR professionals on a day-today basis. Going beyond the coverage of a traditional textbook, this book focuses on applied aspects of HRM, which capture the evolving challenges in the field. The authors have used their extensive real-world work experience in talent acquisition, and human resource development and retention to provide lucid explanation of all major concepts of human resource management. Replete with examples and cases, this title is a complete guide for all MBA students and HR practitioners. KEY FEATURES • Extensive coverage of HR best practices and innovations • Sample ?ready-to-use formats' of relevant documents • Thought-provoking chapter opening cases to set the context for learning in the text ahead • Application cases to showcase real-world implementation of concepts • PowerPoint slides and Question Bank for teachers

Optimizing Talent in the Federal Workforce

Optimizing Talent in the Federal Workforce
Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2014-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1523096748

Taxpayers deserve the very best from public services, and first-rate public services can only be provided by outstanding government workers. Federal human resource managers face the challenge of attracting and retaining high-caliber individuals within the constraints of ever-tightening budgets and often-conflicting political directives. From a talent management perspective, Optimizing Talent in the Federal Workforce explores: • Best practices for recruiting and selecting employees • Proven methods for developing and training employees • Optimal deployment and placement processes. This text is a must-read for anyone in or working toward a government management position.

ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development

ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development
Author: Elaine Biech
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Total Pages: 1135
Release: 2022-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1953946356

Start, Build, and Navigate Your Training and TD Career ATD’s Handbook for Training and Talent Development is the premier resource and compendium of everything a training and talent development (TD) professional needs to know to start, build, and navigate a thriving career. Now in its third edition and grounded by the Talent Development Capability Model, this is more than a revised volume. This edition offers an up-to-date view of the growing roles of talent development professionals, our changing world of work, and the critical need for business alignment. Edited by Elaine Biech, the third edition is divided into eight sections comprising 57 chapters authored by 100 expert practitioners—the brightest thinkers in the field—who share foundational and advanced perspectives and information. The Handbook dives deeply into growing professional expertise and personal skills, virtual learning and remote work, trends affecting TD, managing organizational and career change, growing roles in TD, and understanding organizational impact and business alignment. Fifty online tools are available to download, and there is also a glossary and references. TD professionals, keep this practical, companionable volume close by; it’s the reference you will always turn to.

The Manager's Guide to Maximizing Employee Potential

The Manager's Guide to Maximizing Employee Potential
Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: Amacom Books
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780814414309

Many books have been written about talent management and succession planning but few have focused on how busy managers can incorporate the important task of finding, developing, and keeping the best people into their daily routine. Aimed at managers at all levels and featuring real-world examples this indispensable guide explains why managers, not the HR department, must take the lead in attracting, cultivating, and retaining the most productive, promotable people...and arms them with the practical skills they need to do it...every day.

Competency-Based Training Basics

Competency-Based Training Basics
Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1607285886

Competency-based training is a unique approach to training design that builds and enhances individual competencies in line with previously identified profiles of success. This training helps fill the gap between workers' actual performance and their ideal performance. Competency-Based Training Basics shows readers how to assess which competencies are important to an organization and individual positions, and how to design training around those competencies.

Invaluable Knowledge

Invaluable Knowledge
Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 081441639X

As organizations face a loss of people due to retirement, resignation, or disability, leaders are paying more attention to their talent management strategies, from grooming internal successors to aggressively recruiting from their competitors. The need is most acute in technical and other "knowledge" areas, where the loss of a particular skill set demands an equally focused response. Invaluable Knowledge clarifies the unique (and urgent) issues of attracting, developing, retaining,and transferring the knowledge of IT professionals, engineers, accountants, analysts, and other specialists. The book's structure follows a typical talent cycle, from identifying recruitment challenges, to hiring and training top talent, to building career development initiatives, and finally, to laying the groundwork for the next generation. Invaluable Knowledge makes an indisputable case for the importance of this specific facet of talent management, and offers practical examples, repeatableprocesses, and a multitude of specific tips to help any organization's talent strategists create seamless transitions and maintain critical knowledge functions indefinitely.

The Manager's Answer Book

The Manager's Answer Book
Author: Barbara Mitchell
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-06-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1632658801

The award-winning Q&A guide on management from the authors of The Big Book of HR. 2020 Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Career Category Congratulations, you’re a manager! Now what? Of course, you have expertise in the field you’re managing—but there’s so much more to know, and your responsibilities can become overwhelming at times. A management career means continuous learning: encountering new situations, solving new problems, and gaining new skills on a constant basis. In question-and-answer format, this easy-to-use guide provides information on many aspects of managing, including: • Getting started: moving from peer to manager, setting goals, managing projects, resources, and much more • Developing your management skills: communicating, delegating, motivating, and facilitating • Building and managing your team: hiring, firing, and everything in between • Creating your personal brand: building credibility for yourself, your team, and your department • Managing up, down, and around: working with people and functions in your organization • Potential land mines: conflict, change, and risk • Legal pitfalls: navigating the miasma of laws and regulations, and more