Reinventing Talent Management ─ Principles and Practices for the New World of Work

Many talent management principles and practices now being used in organizations are obsolete as a result of the changing nature of work. Globalization, technological advances, automation, the diversification of the workforce, the push for sustainable practices, and the increasing pace of change have wrought dramatic changes in the world of work. And yet a recent study showed that from 1995 to 2013 there was no significant change in the way HR spends its time.

Based on extensive research by Lawler and his colleagues, this book identifies the new strategies, policies, and practices needed for talent management today.
What used to be good or best practices with respect to how people are recruited, selected, trained, assigned, developed, rewarded, and evaluated no longer fit. Today's hierarchical, bureaucratic talent management needs to become agile, strategic, and performance based. This is the first book to identify a comprehensive integrated set of talent practices that fit the changing workplace and that will dramatically improve the effectiveness of organizations.

Edward E. Lawler III is a distinguished professor of business and director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Businessweek proclaimed him one of the top six gurus in the field of management, and Human Resource Executive called him one of the human resource field’s most influential people. Workforce magazine identified him as one of the twenty-five visionaries who have shaped today’s workplace over the past century. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Society for Human Resource Management’s Michael R. Losey Award, of which he was the first recipient. He is the author of over 400 articles and 50 books.