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Building Tomorrow's Talent: A Practitioner's Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning

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I purchased this book in preparation for several Talent Reviews that I was due to plan and facilitate within my organization. To say the least, it was a tremendously helpful and useful resource every step of the way. Not only did it provide me step-by-step guidance on preparing all the details of my sessions, but the checklists and templates were instrumental in helping me facilitate effective and meaningful discussions for my clients.

I am now using this book to help me in preparing next steps following the Talent Reviews to ensure momentum is not lost. And once again, I am delighted by the insight and practical tools the book offers to support me in this process.

My favorite part of this book is its "just-in-time" nature. I have read it on planes, in the office, at home and at stop lights on my way to work. In fact, I've even had it by my side in the actual Talent Review discussions in case I need to refer to it during breaks.

I highly recommend this book to anyone involved with Talent Management and Succession Planning in their organization. It offers new insights, as well as reinforces concepts and ideas you've heard before, and packages it all in a practitioner-friendly way to ensure effective application.

This book should be called "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sucession Planning" or "Talent Management A-Z" given how complete it is. I am an independent consultant/trainer and I will be encouraging many of my clients to purchase this book as several have succession planning as a current critical need in their organization. What I particularly like about the book is how practical and detailed it is. The authors tell you not only what to do and how, but what not to do as well. Also, it is easy to find a specific topic you are interested in. This book is well worth the cost.

The collaborative work of human resource specialists Matthew Gay and Doris Sims, "Building Tomorrow's Talent: A Practitioner's Guide To Talent Management And Succession Planning" is a superbly organized and articulately presented compendium of practical advice, ideas, tips, techniques, and planning tools designed to create and implement processes for the accurate assessment of a leadership team within any sized business organization from newly launched entrepreneurial enterprises to established multinational corporations. "Building Tomorrow's Talent" features numerous checklists, 'FAQ' sections, charts, slide presentation ideas, and an applicable project planning template adaptable to any business organization. Of special note is the 'to tell or not to tell' question with respect to high potential notification decisions. "Building Tomorrow's Talent" is a unique and highly recommended instructional reference for anyone charged with the responsibility of developing and managing the human resources of a business operation of any size or scope.

[...] Naturally, I bought a copy because I've done my fair share of succession planning in large corporations. And I wanted to see the finished product.

I found this book very easy to use. It's a wonderful checklist against everything you've ever done in succession planning--or a great resource for an HR or OD professional going through a talent review (as they now call it!) and needing some guideposts. The format is easy to read--the authors are up-front about the issues you could confront and anticipate. A wonderful tool for the toolbox.

This book is an outstanding resource for any HR Business Partner and any business leader who understands the importance of identifying and building individual and organizational capability. The book contains very practical ideas and suggestions that will help an organization build maturity in talent management and succession planning. This is one of those books that all HR practitioners in HR Business Partner or Organizational Development roles should have!

"Building Tomorrow's Talent" is the most helpful resource on talent management and succession planning that I have come across. Doris Sims and Matthew Gay provide an elegantly simple and effective approach for designing a talent management system that guides you every step along the way. I have used this resource as the foundation of my talent planning efforts and it has produced more effective and results driven outcomes than I had previously experienced - I owe it to the experience and expertise that that the authors bring. I highly recommend this resource to anyone who is currently involved in talent planning efforts - it will add richness and dimension to your existing process. For those who are new to talent planning efforts - it provides an easy to follow road map to ensure your success and drive business and performance results.

This book is a refreshingly practical guide for HR professionals and organizational leaders of all types. The components of a plan are well identified and the authors offer legitimate advice for those who'll actually do the work of succession planning.

Thanks to Doris and Matt for their great work! I found this book especially helpful in two areas: a) addressing key issues an organization should think about relative to its readiness for a succession planning process; and b) the detail on the talent review meeting process. I also like the "Terms and Definitions" section since many different terms within organizations are used to describe this process. My only wish is that the book spent more time discussing what should happen during the year (between talent review meetings).

This is a great practical implementation guide for HR Practitioner. For every steps in setting up a talent management and succession management process in the organisation, it provides factors to questions, management decisions to be made and points to take note of. A great resource.

Ordered on 4 December, and told that it would be despatched on the 8th December 2009, this book has not arrived at destination and it's been impossible to get hold of anyone at Amazon....only automatically-generated e-mail messages - still, better than "press 1, press 2, press 3"...
So sorry folks, I guess this is a review of Amazon.com as opposed to a review of the book! Bye bye US$35-odd that I paid!