Many of us talk about talent management each and every day. Some of us run talent management organizations. Others of us manage processes that support spoken or unspoken talent management goals or expectations. And still others of us are just beginning to explore the concept and attempting to figure what it means to our companies and to us. And regardless of which of these situations we may find ourselves in today, understanding and developing a point-of-view about what talent management is, who the talent is, and what it is we do to the talent when it is managed will be absolutely critical to our own success and the success of everyone who works in the Human Resources profession.

Talent Management: Best Practices and Strategies for Success from Six Leading Companies will provide a perspective on the key elements of talent management, as practiced today and identify a set of environmental conditions that appear to be necessary for designing and implementing successful talent management practices and processes. Talent Management is the definitive best practice guide to the discipline of talent management. Case studies contributed by six leading companies (CISCO, McDonalds, Avon, Liberty Mutual Group, Ciena, and Children's Hospital of Atlanta) illustrate that sustained business success is achieved by implementing proven practices that bring talent management to life and competitive advantage to companies.

About the Editor:

Larry Israelite is the vice president and manager of human resource development at Liberty Mutual. Prior to Liberty Mutual, Larry held learning management positions in a variety of industries. He has worked for Pitney Bowes, the Forum Corporation, John Hancock Financial Services, Oxford Health Plans, and the Digital Equipment Corporation. Larry is the editor of Lies About Learning, a 2006 publication of ASTD Press, and he contributed chapters to Elliot Masie's Learning Rants, Raves, and Reflections: A Collection of Passionate and Professional Perspectives (Pfeiffer, 2005), and The AMA Handbook of E-Learning Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions (AMACOM, 2003).