Victory through organization : Why the war for talent is failing your company and what you can do about it

#1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Dave Ulrich offers HR professionals a new line of defense in the corporate “war for talent.” Destined to be a classic in the field, this game-changing book from HR visionary Dave Ulrich tackles one of the greatest challenges in Human Resources today: the talent wars. As companies grow increasingly and aggressively competitive in hiring and nurturing individual employees, this book offers a refreshing, revolutionary alternative. By creating dynamic systems that leverage talent throughout the organization, you can create a unified whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. In the long run, that's what gives your company the competitive edge it needs. Based on the research findings of the latest round of Ulrich's legendary HR Competency Survey, this groundbreaking book is sure to spark debate, shatter myths, and inspire real change throughout the HR community. Filled with fact-based insights and field-tested strategies, it proves that your organization's success lies, not in the talent you have, but what you do with the talent once you have it. This book shows you how to build capabilities, strengthen systems, and empower human capital—for longer lasting success. The next step in HRs creation of valueturning the war for talent into victory through organization HR is not about HR. HR begins and ends with the business. The RBL Group and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan have shaped much of the HR profession for 30 years through the Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS). With this latest (7th) round of research, Dave Ulrich, David Kryscynski, Mike Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank call for us to pivot from fighting the war for talentto creating victory through organization. Sure to be an HR classic, Victory Through Organization provides the rationale for shifting your focus from how to help individuals prosper to the organization. Filled with fact-based insights and field-tested strategies, it demonstrates that organizational success isnt just about the talent you haveits about how the collective organization makes the individual talent better. To this end, HR professionals and business leaders will How they can ensure that organization creates greater value than the sum of individual talent parts. How to create more integrated HR solutions for business results across multiple stakeholders How HR departments can better create a comprehensive information advantage How HR professions can master the competencies that have greatest impact on their personal effectiveness, key inside and outside stakeholders, and business results Victory Through Organization offers tools business leaders and HR professionals need to better respond to emerging opportunities, and it provides expert advice for building HR departments to deliver measurable business value. You will learn how to build organization capabilities, strengthen systems, and empower human capitalfor longer lasting success. Building and retaining a solid, talented workforce is a great thing. Creating the competitive organization that wins is even more important for business results. PrefacePart I: HR MattersChapter 1: Why HR and Why Now?Chapter 2: The Empirical Basis of HR EffectivenessPart II: OrganizationChapter 3: Why Organization Matters: The Value of the Organization Beyond Individual TalentChapter 4: High-Priority HR Practices: Information Management and Integrated HR PracticesChapter 5: High-Priority HR Practices: Employee Performance and HR AnalyticsPart III: IndividualChapter 6: Credible Activist: Getting Invited to the TableChapter 7: Strategic Positioner: Going Beyond Knowing the BusinessChapter 8: Becoming a Paradox NavigatorChapter 9: Strategic Enablers: HR Competencies that Deliver Strategic ValueChapter 10: Foundation Enablers: HR Competencies that Help Deliver Foundational ValuePart IV: What Happens Next?Chapter 11: Now What?Notes Index As the title suggests, teams trump individuals. After analyzing more than 32,000 survey responses worldwide, authors Dave Ulrich, David Kryscynski, Wayne Brockbank and Mike Ulrich present evidence that while great HR professionals matter, they quadruple their impact when they organize into effective HR departments. The latest in a trilogy based on the authors' groundbreaking, three-decades long "HR Competency Studies" (HRCS), this entry wraps up material in the series' previous excellent books. Of course, few teams have contributed more to HR literature than Dave Ulrich and Brockbank. getAbstract thinks that any leader or HR professional - especially those who haven't read the first two volumes - will savor these insights from an incredible 30 years of original research Why Hr And Why Now? -- The Empirical Basis Of Hr Effectiveness -- Why Organization Matters: The Value Of The Organization Beyond Individual Talent -- High Priority Hr Practices: Information Management And Integrated Hr Practices -- High Priority Hr Practices: Employee Performance And Hr Analytics -- Credible Activist: Getting Invited To The Table -- Strategic Positioner: Going Beyond Knowing The Business -- Becoming A Paradox Navigator -- Strategic Enablers: Hr Competencies That Deliver Strategic Value -- Foundation Enablers: Hr Competencies That Help Deliver Foundational Value -- Now What? Dave Ulrich, David Kryscynski, Wayne Brockbank, Mike Ulrich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Filled with fact-based insights and field-tested strategies; this book demonstrates that organizational success isnt just about the talent you haveits about how the collective organization makes the individual talent better. -- Edited summary from book