Talent Management Resources 

 
Maynard Leigh has compiled this list of useful resources on talent management, ranging from articles to web links.
A definitive list would be far too long if not impossible. We welcome your suggestions for additions to this list, current at the time of uploading, July 2010.
 
Articles
2002
  • The War on Talent? Talent Management under Threat in Uncertain Times, CIPD
  • The War for Talent, Building a Strong Talent Pool to Drive Business Performance, McKinsey and Co
2004
  • The Risky Business of Hiring Stars by B.Groysberg and others, Harvard Business Review May 1
2006
  • Trends in Human Capital Management, the Emerging Talent Management. Imperative, A Knowledge Infusion White Paper
  • Developing Future Leaders: The Contribution of Talent Management; Ashridge Business School
  • Talent Management in the 21st Century, Attracting, Retaining and Engaging, Employees of Choice, Towers Perrin, World at Work Journal
  • Talent Management: Understanding the Dimensions CIPD
2007
  • Engagement is not enough: by Jeremy Starling, hr Zone
  • How to manage key talent by S Brittain, People Management, 2007, Vol 13, No 12, 14 June
  • How to measure the success of talent management by A Likierman, 2007, People Management. Vol 13, No 4, 22 February
  • The Talent Myth M Gladwell M, The New Yorker, 22 July 2002, pp. 28-33
  • Talent: Strategy, management, measurement, Research into Practice, C. Tansley and others, CIPD
  • Building an integrated talent management strategy, Economist Intelligence Unit
2008
  • Engaging employees to drive global business success: Insights from Mercer’s What’s Working™ research
  • Talent management for the twenty-first century. By P Cappelli, Harvard Business Review. 2008, Vol 86, No 3, March.
  • Talent Management’s Impact on Employee Engagement, Headlight Communications
  • Talent management: design, implementation and evaluation, CIPD
  • Common Sense Talent Management: Twelve Fundamental Principles for Increasing Workforce Productivity, by S.Hunt, Success Factors, Inc
2009
  • Talent at the Crossroads, How 20 of the UKs best employers are rising to meet the challenge of turbulent times, Maynard Leigh Associates
  • Talent Management an Overview, CIPD Revised
  • Fighting back through talent innovation: talent management under threat in uncertain times, CIPD
  • The Talent Imperative, by De Anne Aguirre et al Booze & Co
  • A to Z of Generation Y attitudes, by Alison Maitland, Financial Times 18 June
  • Q12® Meta-Analysis: The Relationship between Engagement at Work and Organizational Outcomes, James K. Harter, Ph.D., Gallup August
  • Talent management's role in a time of recession by N. Murphy, IRS Employment Review. No 927, 13 August.
  • Talent Management: Issues of Focus and Fit, V. Garrow and W. Hirsh, Institute for Employment Studies
  • How Gen Y and Boomers will Reshape Your Agenda, by S Hewlett and others, Harvard Business Review July-August
  • Key Findings from Hackett’s Performance Study on Talent Management Maturity, The Hackett Group, HR Executive
  • Insight, obtainable on application: www.thehackettgroup.com/tmmaturity
  • The Talent Innovation Imperative, by DeAnne Aguirre and others, from Strategy+Business, Issue 56, Autumn
  • Threading the talent needle: What global executives are saying about people and work, Deloitte,
2010
  • Leadership Lessons From India, by P. Capelli et al, in Harvard Business Review, March
  • Leveraging the Talent-Driven Organization Richard Adler Rapporteur Communications and Society Program Charles M. Firestone, Executive Director, Washington, DC,
  • The Talent Perspective, What does it feel like to be talent-managed? CIPD Survey report, summer
  • How to Keep Your Top Talent by Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt, Harvard Business Review May
  • The Rules of Engagement, by the Training Foundation
  • Opening up talent for business success: Integrating talent management and diversity, CIPD, March
  • Talent Engagement, Maynard Leigh Associates
  • The Talent Perspective: What does it feel like to be talent-managed, CIPD
  • Talent management: an overview, CIPD
  • How to link reward and talent management, People Management, February
  • Talent Management Survey 2010, Executive Summary, by R MacKinnon and & James Christopher, TalentQ
Web links:
Books:
  • The Inner Game of Tennis by W.Timothy Gallwey, Pan books
  • Peak Performers by Charles Garfield, Avon Books
  • Talent management and succession planning by J.A. Cannon and R. Mcgee, CIPD toolkit. CIPD, 2007.
  • The Talent Powered Organization: strategies for globalization, talent management and high performance, by P Cheese and others, Kogan Page, 2008.
  • Tapping into talent: the age factor and generation issues. Research into practice, by E Parry and R Urwin, London: CIPD, 2009.
  • Strategy-Driven Talent Management: A Leadership Imperative
  • Talent management, by R.Silzer and B.Dowell, Pfeiffer, 2009
  • Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World's Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent, by M. Goldsmith and others, Pfeiffer, 2010
Other: 
Podcasts:
Talent Management Software:
Human Resource Management Systems focus on the prosaic side of HR such as payroll, employee records and benefits administration, Talent Management Software has evolved from these core HR services to provide on-demand subscription-based services to automate, document, standardize, and overall improve how organisations manage talent. The more comprehensive suite of tools to deal with:
 
  • performance management
  • goal management
  • compensation management
  • talent acquisition / recruiting
  • learning management systems
  • career development
  • succession planning
These can potentially help companies take a more strategic approach to dealing with talent.  
  • Talent Management Systems 2010, Executive Summary, Bersin and Associates research report, published  September 2009, available as download at: www.bersin.com
  • Top 10 Talent Management Software, 2010 Edition, Profiles of the Leading Talent Management Software Vendors, 47 pages, available as download at: www.Business-Software.com
  • Comparisons and sources of TM software, available as download at: www.2020software.com
  • A Comprehensive Study of Customer Experience with Talent Management Systems, 2010, available as download at: www.bersin.com
Suggestions for additions to: info@maynardleigh.co.uk