Book description
Praise for Reinventing Talent Management
"Bill Schiemann's book is a comprehensive presentation of the
need to better understand, measure, and increase organizational people
equity. It clearly transforms concepts that have historically been
considered less tangible into actionable imperatives. Today more than
ever, it's essential that leadership maximizes alignment,
capabilities, and engagement within their
organizations."
-Paul Schultz, President and COO,
Jack in the Box Inc.
"Reinventing Talent Management has arrived just in time.
Given the challenging times we face today, recruiting and retaining
the very best people is now more important than ever. Bill has
developed a unique innovative framework on how to do this, as well as
provided a broad array of practical approaches to putting the theory
into action."
-Keith Lawrence, Director, Human
Resources, Procter & Gamble
"Reinventing Talent Management is an outstanding blend of
research and practice. It reports compelling research on the value of
investing in talent and offers specific recommendations on how to
develop people equity through alignment, capabilities, and engagement.
The book confirms what good people managers do and offers specific
guidelines for those wanting to upgrade their people management
skills."
-Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of
Business, University of Michigan, and Partner, The RBL Group
"Bill makes the case for reinventing talent management and tells
us how to do it. The book is loaded with good examples and must-take
actions that lead to a winning talent management
strategy."
-Edward E. Lawler III, founder and
Director, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of
Business, University of Southern California, and author of Talent:
Making People Your Competitive Advantage
"Talent management certainly needs to be reinvented-this book
does it! Read, learn, redo!"
-Dr. Richard Beatty,
Professor of Human Resource Management, Rutgers University
"Reinventing Talent Management provides an accessible
framework that offers pragmatic ways to better understand how
investments in human capital and talent can be measured and linked to
financial returns."
-Dr. John Boudreau, Professor and
Research Director, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School
of Business, University of Southern California
William A. Schiemann is CEO of the Metrus Group,
an organizational research and advisory firm that specializes in
evidence-based decisions regarding organizational and functional
strategy, as well as talent management. His clients range from large
global firms such as Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson,
McDonald's, Novartis, Takeda Pharmaceutical, and Wal-Mart, to local
and regional private, public, and nonprofit organizations.
