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The War for Talent [Electronic Resource] by Edward G. Michaels III; Helen Handfield-Jones; Beth Axelrod is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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In 1997, a groundbreaking McKinsey study exposed the "war for talent" as a strategic business challenge and a critical driver of corporate performance. Then, when the dot-com bubble burst and the economy cooled, many assumed the war for talent was over. It's not. <p>Now the authors of the original study reveal that, because of enduring economic and social forces, the war for talent will persist for the next two decades.</p> <p>McKinsey & Company consultants Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod argue that winning the war for leadership talent is about much more than frenzied recruiting tactics. It's about the timeless principles of attracting, developing, and retaining highly talented managers-applied in bold new ways. And it's about recognizing the strategic importance of human capital because of the enormous value that better talent creates.</p> <p>Fortified by five years of in-depth research on how companies manage leadership talent-including surveys of 13,000 executives at more than 120 companies and case studies of 27 leading companies-the authors propose a fundamentally new approach to talent management.</p> <p>They describe how to:</p> <ul> <li>Create a w
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- Author
- Edward G. Michaels III; Helen Handfield-Jones; Beth Axelrod
- Publisher
- Soundview Executive Book Summaries ; [Norwood, Mass. : Distributed by Books24x7.com]
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781578514595
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Management, Economics, Finance
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (79 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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