The 30-Minute Guide To Talent And Succession Management: A Quick Reference Guide For Business Leaders [Paperback]

Doris Sims (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2011 | ISBN-10: 1438955715 | ISBN-13: 978-1438955711 | Edition: 1st

The 30-Minute Guide to Talent and Succession Management is the first book for busy business leaders and human resource practitioners who want to increase their understanding of the concepts, processes and the business return-on-investment for talent and succession planning in 30 minutes or less! The Guide compares talent management processes to other business procedures that leaders use every day, and clarifies the differences between performance management, talent management, high performers, high potentials, successors and key experts. Readers will find quick-to-read text with diagrams on every page. This book addresses talent management foundational concepts and commonly-asked questions about the identification and development of top talent. Whether your organization is large or small, profit or non-profit, government or non-government, global or domestic, private or public? your talent management strategy and processes are the key to retaining and developing your talent for today and for your organization's successful future.

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About the Author

About the Author: Doris M. Sims, SPHR is the Founder and President of Succession Builders, LLC, a talent management, succession planning, and new talent onboarding consulting firm. Her experience in organizational development spans over 20 years. Doris has implemented leadership development, talent management, and new employee programs in Fortune 100 and 500 companies in healthcare, finance, telecommunications, and information systems, including Alcatel, First Horizon Home Loans, and Caremark. She received her Master's degree in Human Resource Development from Indiana State University. Doris is the co-author of Building Tomorrow's Talent: A Practitioner's Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning. She is also the author of The 30-Minute Guide to Talent and Succession Management and the McGraw-Hill book Creative New Employee Orientation Programs. Doris has contributed articles to many other McGraw-Hill books and multiple periodicals, including Training Magazine and Talent Management Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse; 1st edition (December 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438955715
• ISBN-13: 978-1438955711
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doris Sims, SPHR, The Succession Consultant
My LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dorissims
[e-mail] OR 214-906-3155
www.SuccessionConsultant.com

Welcome to my Author site! I am a talent and succession management consultant. My passion is to provide training, communication services and consulting services to support your organization's talent management and succession planning strategy.

If you like the practical approach of my books, you will like my workshops and consulting services. I also write customized materials for corporations to document and communicate their succession plans to their business managers. Please also join my LinkedIn Group: Succession Management Professionals!

Contact me at [e-mail]!

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent easy-to-read resource!, May 20, 2009

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Janet - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 30-Minute Guide To Talent And Succession Management: A Quick Reference Guide For Business Leaders (Paperback)

I found this book very helpful in framing up what talent management and succession planning are all about....really is a 30-minute read and provided me many practical ways to describe to my internal customers what is involved and how to make the actions and tasks associated with these processes practical and useful. A complex and confusing topic has been drilled down to its essential elements by Doris Sims.

I often find myself searching for "business, operations-related" examples of why talent and succession management are important and this book provided me with a number of them to use. This quick read also provided me with information that I can share with internal customers to gain their interest and commitment to developing staff and preparing for future staffing needs.

I would recommend this book to business leaders, of course, but also recommend it to implementers of talent and succession management processes - makes you proud of your contributions in this important arena.

4.0 out of 5 stars Time is short, and we all need images..., August 4, 2010

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This review is from: The 30-Minute Guide To Talent And Succession Management: A Quick Reference Guide For Business Leaders (Paperback)

... therefore I highly recommend this short book. It has colorful graphics that helped me/ any reader quickly digest the content. I made notes in some pages because I wanted to share them. And I scanned other pages to share with clients who are talent managers. There is an old adage that a picture is worth 1000 words, and a story is worth 1000 pictures. This little book should help any reader create the pictures that support your stories, when helping others maximize the talent in their organizations.

Doug Gray, PCC, author of Passionate Action: 5 Steps to Creating Extraordinary Success in Life and Work

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent primer for busy executives, June 8, 2009

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Lisa Edwards (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 30-Minute Guide To Talent And Succession Management: A Quick Reference Guide For Business Leaders (Paperback)

This 30-minute guide is an exellent primer for busy executives who want to better understand 'talent management', which can be a confusing buzz word to those outside of HR. The author, Doris Sims does a great job of explaining why talent mangaement is important to the organization and what it includes which is a great way to frame-up how to begin.

A fantastic resource for HR professionals to pass along to their executive team!