num_pages: 248
description: Advance praise: "For anyone who wants to truly understand the powerful pieces to talent management and development." — Marshall Goldsmith, author or editor of 34 books including the global bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There"This book is a valuable resource for those that want to excel in managing and developing people." -- Bill Johnson, former Chairman, President, and CEO, H.J. Heinz Company"[Kim's] book does a great job of taking the often confusing genre of managing or developing people and distilling the key ideas that, if you use them, will help make you a powerful leader." -- Alan Hassenfeld, Chairman of the Executive Committee and former CEO, Hasbro"This book provides a clear roadmap of how talent management really works. The tools, quick assessments, and reflection questions throughout the book combined with examples, specific instructions, and stellar advice make this a book you will reference throughout your career." -- Suzanne Glaser, Director, Executive Coaching and Community Values Liaison, Harvard Business School"As a CEO, I've read many books on developing people and managing better. Kim Janson's Demystifing Talent Management rises to the top because of the comprehensiveness and connectedness of the message and the simplicity in which it is laid out. The book is powerful because it is a simple, straight-forward message for managers on what and how to do things for high impact." -- Al Verrecchia, former CEO and Chairman, Hasbro"This book opens the vault to Kim's insight." -- Syd Finkelstein, Steven Roth Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and author of Why Smart Executives Fail"Demystifying Talent Management is a must read for all leaders. Kim Janson provides a wealth of practical tips for aligning talent to the right roles and insightful, how-to strategies for managing and developing talent to help achieve greater business success!" -- Richard Chang, CEO, Richard Chang Associates, and author of The Passion Plan and Performance Scorecards"Kim is a straight shooter and her book is written the way she coaches – direct, practical, and humorous. As always, she creates accountability for your own success in using her advice." -- Louise Korver, former Head of Leadership &amp; Executive Development at Ingersoll Rand, Bank of America, EMC, and AT&amp;TABOUT THE BOOKDemystifying Talent Management offers practical advice for all managers, HR professionals, senior leaders, and other employees on how to work together to build a talented and motivated workforce. The book addresses performance, development, coaching, feedback, compensation, and other elements of people management. By taking a 360-degree point of view, the book reveals how each stakeholder views the elements of people management, what they need from each element, and what confusion and conflicts arise among the stakeholders, limiting people's potential. Using simple, straightforward language, Kim Janson tells you how you can avoid the confusion and conflicts.ABOUT THE AUTHORKim Janson is the CEO of Janson Associates, a firm dedicated to unleashing people's potential. She was formerly the Chief Talent Management Officer at the H. J Heinz Company, Senior Vice President at Bank of America, and a senior leader at Hasbro, BancBoston Mortgage Corporation, and Bank of Boston.
language: English
title: Demystifying Talent Management: Unleash People’s Potential to Deliver Superior Results
publisher: Maven House Press