Workforce Wake-Up Call

Praise for Workforce Wake-Up Call
"Great questions + great thinkers = novel ideas. Workforce Wake-UpCall deals with the challenges of getting, revitalizing, treating(engaging), and leading talent in today's workplace. These talentissues are at the core of successful organizations. And the authorsdeal with these challenges as a marvelous mix of theory, research,and practice. This anthology offers practical insights that givehope for mastering the challenges of the new workforce."
--David Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business University ofMichigan and Partner, The RBL Group
"In the near future, there will be dramatic shifts in workplacepractices and a further evolution of employment relationships. Theauthors provide provocative insights that help business leadersbetter navigate the talent maze and workforce challenges."
--J. Randall MacDonald, Senior Vice President of Human Resources,IBM
"This book addresses the question that all companies need toanswer: Are your talent management efforts competitivelypositioning the business? The global economy is leveling theplaying field on many fronts, leaving talent as the one true areawhere your company can gain leverage in the marketplace. Change isproving to be a constant in the workplace, and the authors havecreated a great blueprint for handling these ever-presentchallenges in the recruitment and retention of your workforce. Thisbook is a must-read for any executive serious about building ahigh-performing team and achieving sustainable advantage for bothtoday and tomorrow."
--Dennis Donovan, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, TheHome Depot
"The best ideas from the best minds on the workforce of thefuture!"
--Marshall Goldsmith, author or coeditor of twenty books, includingThe Leader of the Future (a BusinessWeek bestseller) and GlobalLeadership: The Next Generation
Contributors to Workforce Wake-Up Call include:
* Max Bazerman, Harvard Business Schoolcoauthor of PredictableSurprises
* Peter Cappelli, The Wharton School author of The New Deal atWork
* Lynda Gratton, London Business School author of The DemocraticEnterprise
* Ed Lawler, University of Southern California author of TreatPeople Right!
* Thomas Malone, MIT Sloan School of Management author of TheFuture of Work
* N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys TechnologiesLimited
* Nigel Nicholson, London Business School author of ExecutiveInstinct
* Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University author of The HumanEquation
* Matt Schuyler, Executive Vice President of Human Resources,Capital One
* Ricardo Semler, President of Semco author of The Seven-DayWeekend
* Noel Tichy, University of Michigan author of The LeadershipEngine
* Sheila Wellington, Stern School of Business author of Be Your OwnMentor