Talent Management Handbook by Terry Bickham

Section I: Attracting Talent

Chapter 1 Easy-to-Use Approaches to Attract Top Talent - John Sullivan
Chapter 2 Seven Maxims to Guide Talent Attraction - Jenny Dearborn
Chapter 3 Creating a Magnetic Workplace That Attracts Talent - Roberta Matuson

Section II: Engaging Talent

Chapter 4 Preparing Talent Through Onboarding - Alex D. Tremble Jr. and Cheryl A. Abram
Chapter 5 Essentials of World-Class Onboarding - Sarah Hagerman, Lilith Christiansen, and Mark Stein
Chapter 6 Designing Inboarding (Onboarding for Internal Transfers) - Sarah Hagerman, Lilith Christiansen, and Mark Stein
Chapter 7 How to Build a Culture of Engagement - Rebecca Ray, David Dye, Patrick Hyland, Joseph Kaplan, and Adam Pressman
Chapter 8 Transforming Reward Into a Strategic Contributor to Talent Management - Jon Ingham
Chapter 9 Organizational Culture as a Foundation for Retention - Julie Clow

Section III: Optimizing Talent

Chapter 10 Adopting a More Dynamic Approach to Performance Management - William A. Schiemann and Craig Dinsell
Chapter 11 Engaging Leaders in Performance Management - Matt Peters
Chapter 12 StandOut: Next-Generation Performance Management - Marcus Buckingham
Chapter 13 Talent Analytics and Reporting - Matthew G. Valencius
Chapter 14 Making Talent Analytics and Reporting a Decision Science - John W. Boudreau and Edward E. Lawler III
Chapter 15 The Age of Big Data and Talent Analytics - Kevin Oakes and Cliff Stevenson

Section IV: Growing Talent

Chapter 16 Adapting to Changing Workforce Policy Issues - Jeanette K. Winters
Chapter 17 Talent Building in Motion: More, Better, Sooner - Anne Davis Gotte and Kevin D. Wilde
Chapter 18 Strategic Performance Learning: How to Rethink Thinking - Mike Vaughan and Joel Janov
Chapter 19 Building a Leadership Development Strategy - Larry Clark
Chapter 20 Talent Managers as Change Agents - Holly Burkett
Chapter 21 Action Learning: Simultaneous Development and Succession Planning - Noel M. Tichy and Christopher DeRose

Afterword: The Future of Talent Management - Annmarie Neal and Daniel Sonsino
About the Editor
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The complex and ever-changing nature of today’s-and tomorrow’s-workforce demands that all involved in talent management rethink how to attract, engage, and grow future talent.This forward-looking handbook captures talent management’s evolution from a series of transactions to a fluid process that includes talent development.

With 20-plus chapters written by more than 30 contributors, the ATD Talent Management Handbook challenges you to think about the talent model of the future through the lens of different workforce models. It offers progressive thoughts on the current state of talent management and on how the function needs to adapt. Leaders, practitioners, and consultants alike will find useful insights and answers to relevant talent management challenges.

Edited by learning and development authority Terry Bickham, this handbook covers the entire talent management cycle, from talent acquisition and engagement to leadership development and succession planning. ATD’s first handbook on talent management, this book includes a foreword by ATD President and CEO Tony Bingham, highlighting the foundational components of talent development and its role within talent management.