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The Alliance :Managing Talent in the Networked Age

3.87 ( 337 Ratings by Goodreads)
The Alliance

The Alliance :Managing Talent in the Networked Age

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3.87 (337 Ratings by Goodreads)
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A New York Times Bestseller Introducing the new, realistic loyalty pact between employer and employee. The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment defined by continuous change, but neither does a system in which every employee acts like a free agent. The solution? Stop thinking of employees as either family or as free agents. Think of them instead as allies. As a manager you want your employees to help transform the company for the future. And your employees want the company to help transform their careers for the long term. But this win-win scenario will happen only if both sides trust each other enough to commit to mutual investment and mutual benefit. Sadly, trust in the business world is hovering at an all-time low. We can rebuild that lost trust with straight talk that recognizes the realities of the modern economy. So, paradoxically, the alliance begins with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the company, and with employees being honest about their own career aspirations. By putting this new alliance at the heart of your talent management strategy, you'll not only bring back trust, you'll be able to recruit and retain the entrepreneurial individuals you need to adapt to a fast-changing world. These individuals, flexible, creative, and with a bias toward action, thrive when they're on a specific "tour of duty"--when they have a mission that's mutually beneficial to employee and company that can be completed in a realistic period of time. Coauthored by the founder of LinkedIn, this bold but practical guide for managers and executives will give you the tools you need to recruit, manage, and retain the kind of employees who will make your company thrive in today's world of constant innovation and fast-paced change.
Prizes

Commended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Career) 2015

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Type Book
ISBN13 9781625275776
ISBN10 1625275773
Number Of Pages 224
Item Weight 340 g
Publisher / Reseller Harvard Business Review Press
Format hardback
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Media Reviews

"Recommended Reading: 10 Books on Creative Leadership" -- Forbes Business Insider's list of business books every professional should read before turning 30 "The Alliance shaped career conversations in a way that was way more visible and healthy than I'd ever seen done." -- Pat Wadors, Head of HR for LinkedIn; as seen in Business Insider "... an insightful look at the new employer-employee relationship (especially for those of us on-boarding Gen Y and soon Millennials). -- Ken Tencer, CEO of Spyder Works Inc., Globe and Mail "This book will force you to see the future, it will show you new models of work, and it has the eminence and perspective to make your entire team think... an important new book which is well worth a read." -- Forbes "an essential handbook for dealing with the challenges of managing an ever more connected, ever more mobile workforce." -- Barnes & Noble "In a provocative new book, the father of social networks reveals a startling new way to reframe the relationship between employers and employees." -- Fortune magazine "Readers will discover in this engaging book that the relationship between employee and employer doesn't have to be branded as 'It's complicated.'" -- TD magazine (Association for Talent Development) "For those of you who haven't read The Alliance, Reid, Casnocha and Yeh make a compelling case for a third model that treats employees as 'allies.'" -- Human Resource Executive ADVANCE PRAISE for The Alliance: Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric-- "GE is competing in its third century. The key to sustained performance is developing competitive leaders in every era. The Alliance captures the essence of modern talent development: trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace. The authors lay out a framework that helps big companies as well as start-ups develop their people more effectively, while creating a competitive team." Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO, American Express-- "Engaged employees are the key to success in any business. The Alliance is a terrific book that offers real-world insights on how to build loyalty, inspire creativity, and manage winning teams for the long term."

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Author's Bio

Reid Hoffman is cofounder and Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, and partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock. Ben Casnocha is an award-winning entrepreneur and bestselling coauthor, with Reid, of The Start-up of You. He is a frequent speaker on talent management. Chris Yeh is an entrepreneur, writer, and mentor. He helps interesting people do interesting things as VP of Marketing at PBworks and general partner at Wasabi Ventures.

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