Many organizations have taken steps to address the perceived talent shortages stemming from the pending wave of baby‎-boomers‎'‎ retirements‎.‎ But few organizations have been successful in making the transition from strategic‎-level talent reviews to integrating talent management successfully into the daily work of corporate leaders‎.‎ The challenge today is pushing talent management beyond just a buzzword‎,‎ to become a key effort to be managed on a daily basis and at all levels of organizations‎.‎ This book is intended to help meet that need and that challenge‎.‎

This book is a powerful resource which serves as a manual‎,‎ blueprint‎,‎ guide book and toolkit for leaders to achieve sustainable results and growth through people‎.‎ There is great emphasis on high potential talents and the best performers that contribute the most to the success of the organization‎.‎ It goes beyond thinking strategically on talent management‎.‎ It is a tactical and practical resource that enables leaders to be effective in recruiting‎,‎ developing‎,‎ motivating and retaining the best people and to embed this work in their daily agenda in order to become truly effective leaders with the rights habits‎.‎

Many books have been written‎,‎ about talent management and related subjects such as succession planning‎,‎ succession management‎,‎ workforce planning‎,‎ and human capital management‎.‎ These books usually focus on the strategic side of talent management and are intended for readers dealing in human resource management‎.‎

This book‎,‎ however‎,‎ focuses on the practical side‎-‎-that is‎,‎ the day‎-to‎-day work‎-‎-and what leaders should do as a seamless part of their daily work to attract‎,‎ retain‎,‎ develop and manage talented people‎.‎ A key notable feature is that the authors will feature stories and cases of famous leaders including those in the Human Resource field‎.‎ This book is about a leader‎'‎s daily responsibilities and the role he/she plays as a leader in talent management‎.‎ Its focus is on the tactical issues of talent management‎-‎-having to do with what happens every day‎-‎-rather than strategic issues about talent management‎.‎ It also describes how a leader should groom his/her replacement and how to recognize the potential for future greatness when people have not shown it yet‎.‎ Included in the book are practical recruiting and selection techniques that a leader can use to support talent management‎.‎

A segment in the book describes how to manage high potential and high professional workers and how to retain talent‎.‎ The book tells about how a leader should set an example for his/her workers through self‎-development‎.‎ There are answers to some frequently‎-asked questions about talent management and a daily calendar for leaders to use in planning for efforts to manage and develop talent‎.‎ Throughout this book‎,‎ practical tips have been included for readers‎.‎

This book is recommended for corporate leaders at all levels including C‎-suite executives‎,‎ middle management and front‎-line professionals‎.‎