Talent Leadership : A Proven Method for Identifying and Developing High-Potential Employees

Great leaders drive the bottom line, which is why organizations pour money into leadership development. But most companies have no real way to gauge whether their endeavors are paying off--much less where they are falling short. Talent Leadership shows how to set up a world-class leadership-development program--and have the metrics to prove it!Packed with research findings, best practices, case studies, proprietary assessments, and more, this innovative book explains how to: • Employ assessments to benchmark current and future executive talent • Use the resulting data to identify leaders with potential based on their capabilities, commitment, and alignment with organizational goals • Leverage analysis to target training and coaching where they will have the greatest impact on individual performance and overall operating success By measuring, calibrating, and recalibrating the leading indicators that directly predict organizational health and the ability of leaders to meet those needs, HR and OD professionals will bring a much-needed numbers focus to their crucial talent development efforts. This book is for leaders of HR, Talent Management, OD/MD professionals, and the vast population of operating managers who are charged with identifying, managing and developing high-potential and emerging leaders

Great leaders drive the bottom line, which is why organizations pour money into leadership development. But most companies have no real way to gauge whether their efforts are paying off—much less where they are falling short.

Talent Leadership unlocks the secret of building a world-class leadership identification and development program by using assessment and calibration as foundational tools. Unlike most leadership development efforts that look at “lagging indicators,” such as cost per hire or turnover, this book identifies far more important metrics that actually predict operating results: the “leading indicators” of capability, commitment, and alignment with organizational goals.

Packed with research findings, best practices, case studies, proprietary assessments, and more, the book explains the key components of exceptional leadership development practices employed by great organizations, including how to:

Employ assessments to benchmark current and future executive talent

• Use the resulting data to identify leaders with potential based on their capabilities, commitment, and alignment with organizational goals

• Leverage your analysis to target training and coaching where they will have the greatest impact on individual performance and overall operating success

Talent Leadership helps you push past the myopic practices of hiring and promoting technically proficient people who lack the motivation and vision to successfully lead. This book is for leaders of HR, talent management, OD/MD professionals, and the vast population of operating managers who are charged with identifying, managing, and developing high-potential and emerging leaders.

Advance Praise for Talent Leadership:

“Through countless interviews, extensive global travel, and years of consulting and coaching hundreds of organizations and leaders, John Mattone has developed a fool-proof method for identifying and developing leaders and prospective leaders. In his new book, John shares knowledge that took him three decades to amass. How fortunate that we can benefit from his wisdom simply by reading Talent Leadership.”

— Marshall Goldsmith, million-selling author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“This is a must-read for every CEO, senior leader, and HR executive, if they want to drive breakthrough operating results.”

— Dan Hoeyer, CEO, Business Educators, Inc.

“John Mattone’s Talent Leadership book and personal coaching and consulting have proven instrumental in developing our talent management strategies. We are now very adept at aligning our people capabilities with our business strategy, and as a result we are driving sustained bottom-line performance.”

— Richard Swanson, President & CEO, Nebraska Machinery

Great leaders drive the bottom line, which is why organizations pour money into leadership development. But most companies have no real way to gauge whether their endeavors are paying off—much less where they are falling short. Talent Leadership shows how to set up a world-class leadership-development program—and have the metrics to prove it! Packed with research findings, best practices, case studies, proprietary assessments, and more, this innovative book explains how to: Employ assessments to benchmark current and future executive talent Use the resulting data to identify leaders with potential based on their capabilities, commitment, and alignment with organizational goals Leverage analysis to target training and coaching where they will have the greatest impact on individual performance and overall operating success By measuring, calibrating, and recalibrating the leading indicators that directly predict organizational health and the ability of leaders to meet those needs, HR and OD professionals will bring a much-needed numbers focus to their crucial talent development efforts. This book is for leaders of HR, Talent Management, OD/MD professionals, and the vast population of operating managers who are charged with identifying, managing and developing high-potential and emerging leaders. Pouring money into leadership development doesnt guarantee results. Business leader John Mattone shows how to gauge and maximize your efforts so that you can begin identifying, managing, and developing high-potential and emerging leaders--based on their capabilities, commitment, and alignment with organizational goals. Packed with research findings, best practices, case studies, proprietary assessments, and more, Talent Leadership teaches readers how to employ assessments to benchmark current and future executive talent, how to use the resulting data to identify leaders with potential, and how to leverage analysis to target training and coaching where they will have the greatest impact.Most companies have no real way to gauge whether their endeavors are paying off--much less where they are falling short. Measuring, calibrating, and recalibrating the leading indicators that directly predict organizational health brings a much-needed numbers focus to the crucial task of creating a world-class leadership-development program--one that not only improves individual performance, but also increases your organizations overall operating success Shows how to set up leadership-development program - and have the metrics to prove it. This book explains how to: employ assessments to benchmark current and future executive talent; and, use the resulting data to identify leaders with potential based on their capabilities, commitment, and alignment with organizational goals.