(Pearson Education) A step-by-step guide to building and maintaining vital human capital in business. Explains the talent-market phenomenon. Shows how companies are learning methods to find and retain talented people.

Winning the People Wars: Talent and the Battle for Human Capital

Business & Money

Johnson, Mike

Management & Leadership

Financial Times Management

Presents models for the new age of work, showing how the best and smartest corporations acquire and retain top talent. A tactical plan for winning 'the people wars,' and sustaining an environment rich in talent and productivity. First published in Great Britain in 2000.

Winning the People Wars: What It Takes to Acquire and Retain the Talent You Need (2nd Edition)

Employers and managers must create a climate that maintains their reputation as an employer of choice, otherwise they will find it virtually impossible to hire and hold the talent they require. Much of getting the reputation right, and becoming a magnet for talent, is down to work/life balance issues and positioning what you can offer to each different generation of workers. Understanding this message is essential for managers at all levels of an organisation. Business unit heads, line managers and team leaders can do a lot within the confines of their company to ensure that they attract the best internal as well as external talent. The big idea is that corporations MUST become talent magnets or they won't have enough people to survive in the future. Every group has needs and expectations that have to be satisfied in different ways. By reading this book, and following the advice of expert professionals, readers will be able to build their own systems for recruiting and retaining the people they need, through becoming an employer of choice.

How to Become a Talent Magnet: Getting Talented People to Work for You

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Research undertaken by a leading recruitment consultancy has shown that four new human capital "needs" are rapidly emerging. Companies now need: Corporate integrationists. Senior level people developers. Multi-tasking GMs. Logistics' gurus. All these jobs have become super-critical to the success of business in Europe and the U.S.. Having acquired, merged and formed alliances, firms must now integrate what they own into a coherent whole (there is strong evidence that little has been done in pulling together disparate parts of businesses by organizations who have been on the acquisition trail). These four job areas above are all required to achieve real integration and a real sharing of ideas, distribution systems, products and services into the business, to milk the value of the acquisition process. All these types of people are in short supply. Having identified these new corporate needs the report then looks at how to recruit, reward and retain the people to meet them. The report closes with projections for long-term executive needs.

Creating Dynamic Organizations: Human Capital Issues & Options For Tomorrow's Business (Management Briefings Executive Series)

Processes & Infrastructure

Ft Pr

Smarter Consulting: How to Start Up & Succeed As an Independent Consultant

Industries

“I wish this book had been available when I began my independent career. There’s only one word for it – PRICELESS!!!” -Shay McConnon, psychologist, trainer, coach, magician and mentor “Grounded in common-sense and humour and very clear about what can send you off track. - Norman Walker, former global head of Human Resources for Novartis, now an independent senior executive coach and consultant on leadership "AMUST read, for anyone thinking about life outside the organisation” - Goran Hultin former Deputy Director General at the ILO (International Labour Office), now a successful independent consultant HOW TO WORK FOR YOURSELF AND MAKE IT WORK Are you thinking of starting up on your own and working for yourself? Do you need to know the nuts and bolts of setting up; marketing yourself and prospecting for new business; keeping things running on a day-to-day basis? Have you already made the leap and want to get more work, new clients, higher fees? This practical, no-nonsense book pulls no punches and gives you all the guidance you need to set yourself up and get work in the first place, plus all the know-how you need to survive, prosper and expand once you’re up and running. See the book’s website at www.pearson-books.com/startinguponyourownfor up-to-the minute financial and tax information for small businesses and the self-employed. This book was previously known as Smarter Consulting. IF YOU NEVER WANT TO WORK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE AGAIN, YOU NEED STARTING UP ON YOUR OWN! Chances are that if you're looking at this book you are at least thinking about taking the big step of going it alone. Or you're already in business as an independent and you want to get better at it. Well, you've come to the right place. Starting Up On Your Own covers everything you need to get ready to work for yourself and, once you've taken the plunge, how to develop your business and stay the course. If you’re not already in business, the first step is to decide if this is the right path for you. To help you with this critical decision, this book takes you through the reality of what's involved and has a unique self-assessment quiz to help you check out your suitability for the independent working lifestyle. You’re probably an expert in your chosen field. That’s great: you’ll be selling your expertise. But when you're working for yourself you have to be good at a whole lot of other things too. Starting Up On Your Own covers everything you need to do to make money and survive as an independent. * Where do I start? * How should I market myself? * How can I get repeat business from my clients? * How do I win new clients? * What should I charge and what do I need to do to make sure I get paid on time? * When can I put up my fees? (And when shouldn’t I?) * Can I work from home? * How much will I need to invest? * Should I hire someone else to work for me? * How shall I organise my time? The answers to all these questions and more are right here. What are you waiting for? Mike Johnsonbegan life as an independent, freelance consultant in 1982, before founding a corporate communications firm in Brussels and London, following a career in journalism and corporate communication for multinational corporations. In 1999 he started again as an independent consultant and freelance. This book is about what he has learned on his freelance journey. His focus today centres around the world of work, talent management and corporate communication for both private and public organizations The author of eleven books on business and management issues, including Winning the People Wars, Talent Magnet and The New Rules of Engagement, Mike also developed a series of World of Work studies for the Financial Times and The Economist and for many international corporations and consulting firms. A frequent speaker at conferences and seminars around the globe, he is the founder and chairman of the independent global think-tank the FutureWork Forum (www.futureworkforum.com). Oh, yes, he’s also quite good at working for himself!

Starting up on your own: How to succeed as an independent consultant or freelance

FT Publishing International

What does the Taniwha look like? He pēhea te āhua nei o te Taniwha rā? The Taniwha is New Zealand's best known and most loved mythological creature... But what do they look like? Poet Mike Johnson and artist Jenn Rackham come together to explore this great mystery. To be read aloud for pleasure, or used as an early reader, Taniwha will delight both young and old.

Taniwha: Bilingual: English and Te Reo (Maori Edition)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Lasavia Publishing

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Optimus Prime and the rest of the Transformers protect Earth from the Decepticons with the help of their new human friends Jack, Miko, and Raf.

Transformers Prime Volume 1 (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise meets the Green Lantern Corps, and Kirk and Spock make a most unusual discovery on a lost world.

Star Trek / Green Lantern: The Spectrum War

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Turtleback Books

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. At the edge of explored space, Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise come face-to-face with a new Klingon threat and the fate of the galaxy is at stake!

Star Trek Manifest Destiny

Parrott, Ryan

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