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Book The Talent Management Handbook  Third Edition  Making Culture a Competitive Advantage by Acquiring  Identifying  Developing  and Promoting the Best People

Download or read book The Talent Management Handbook Third Edition Making Culture a Competitive Advantage by Acquiring Identifying Developing and Promoting the Best People written by Lance A. Berger and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to finding, developing, and keeping the best talent—expanded with brand new and updated material The Talent Management Handbook is the established go-to guide for HR professionals, managers, and leaders looking for the best ways to use talent management programs to develop a culture of excellence. This third edition features new and updated chapters based on fresh approaches and material for identifying, recruiting, positioning, and developing highly qualified, motivated people to meet current and future business requirements. Filled with expert advice, the book offers a roadmap for developing a comprehensive approach to talent management that will guide professionals in the coming years.

Book The Talent Management Handbook

Download or read book The Talent Management Handbook written by Lance A. Berger and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Talent Management Handbook explains how organizations can identify and get the most out of “high-potential people” by developing and promoting them to key positions. The book explains: 1. A system for integrating three human resources “building blocks”: organizational competencies, performance appraisal, and forecasting employee/manager potential 2. Six human resources conditions necessary for organization excellence 3. How to link your employee assessment process to career planning and development The Talent Management Handbook will help you design career plans that boost employee morale, as well as create and sustain excellence in your organization. It is full of simple, efficient, easy-to-follow methods for assessing, planning, and developing high-value people to meet your organization’s current and future needs. And it will help you combine your organization’s diverse human resources activities into a single, cogent system. Featuring best practices from leading companies as well as contributions from field experts who hold top positions in such leading HR consultancies as AON Consulting, The Hay Group, Hewitt Associates, Right Management Consulting. Sibson Consulting, and Towers Perrin, The Talent Management Handbook is an authoritative resource for creating and maintaining excellence in your organization through people management.

Book The Talent Management Handbook  Second Edition  Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting  Developing  and Promoting the Best People

Download or read book The Talent Management Handbook Second Edition Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting Developing and Promoting the Best People written by Lance A. Berger and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO FINDING, DEVELOPING, AND KEEPING THE BEST TALENT The most comprehensive book of its kind, The Talent Management Handbook has become the go-to resource for HR professionals, CEOs, and business leaders who want to take the lead in building a diverse, talented, and motivated workforce. Each section of this book offers state-of-the-art processes, step-by-step practical management tools and techniques, and up-to-the-minute resources that will equip you to: Discover and develop new talent Inspire, coach, and train future leaders Reward and retain the best people Plan and realize a culture of organizational excellence Featuring breakthroughs and "best practices" from more than 30 leading global talent management firms-- Accenture, Center for Creative Leadership, Hay Group, Heidrick and Struggles, Human Capital Institute, Korn/Ferry International, Mercer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Right Management, Sibson Consulting, Towers Watson, and others--The Talent Management Handbook is a complete, all-in-one program designed to help you place the best people in the most critical jobs to assemble the building blocks of organizational excellence and create value--one person at a time. Based on years of research, hundreds of global consultations, and the stellar contributions of top industry leaders, The Talent Management Handbook is the most authoritative guide on the market for finding and utilizing the best people. Now in its second edition, this book includes the most innovative ideas and the latest tools, processes, and technologies available to help you launch a complete, fully functioning talent management program that will drive you and your workforce to the top. Filled with key insights from renowned HR thought leaders and CEOs, The Talent Management Handbook shows you how to: Attract new talent and keep the "Superkeepers" Design career plans that boost employee morale and support organization needs Improve performance through a personal value exchange Coach, develop, and inspire raw talent and prepare the CEOs of the future See positive results with smarter performance reviews Create a culture of innovation and sustainability In these pages there is a wealth of information on a wide range of subjects, including employee compensation, onboarding, leadership competencies, and engagement programs. Discover firsthand how top HR thought leaders like Dave Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Boyatzis, Marc Effron, Beverly Kaye, Andy Pellant, William Rothwell, William Schiemann, Doris Sims, Allan Schweyer, Kay Thorne, and Kevin Wilde have achieved amazing results. And learn how expanding global markets are affecting the development of talent and teams all across the world. It takes a top-notch workforce to make a company succeed. This definitive guide gives you all you need to enable your organization's people to do their best.

Book The Talent Management Handbook  Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting  Developing  and Promoting the Best People

Download or read book The Talent Management Handbook Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting Developing and Promoting the Best People written by Lance Berger and published by Mcgraw-hill. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO FINDING, DEVELOPING, AND KEEPING THE BEST TALENT The most comprehensive book of its kind, The Talent Management Handbook has become the go-to resource for HR professionals, CEOs, and business leaders who want to take the lead in building a diverse, talented, and motivated workforce. Each section of this book offers state-of-the-art processes, step-by-step practical management tools and techniques, and up-to-the-minute resources that will equip you to: Discover and develop new talent Inspire, coach, and train future leaders Reward and retain the best people Plan and realize a culture of organizational excellence Featuring breakthroughs and "best practices" from more than 30 leading global talent management firms-- Accenture, Center for Creative Leadership, Hay Group, Heidrick and Struggles, Human Capital Institute, Korn/Ferry International, Mercer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Right Management, Sibson Consulting, Towers Watson, and others--The Talent Management Handbook is a complete, all-in-one program designed to help you place the best people in the most critical jobs to assemble the building blocks of organizational excellence and create value--one person at a time. Based on years of research, hundreds of global consultations, and the stellar contributions of top industry leaders, The Talent Management Handbook is the most authoritative guide on the market for finding and utilizing the best people. Now in its second edition, this book includes the most innovative ideas and the latest tools, processes, and technologies available to help you launch a complete, fully functioning talent management program that will drive you and your workforce to the top. Filled with key insights from renowned HR thought leaders and CEOs, The Talent Management Handbook shows you how to: Attract new talent and keep the "Superkeepers" Design career plans that boost employee morale and support organization needs Improve performance through a personal value exchange Coach, develop, and inspire raw talent and prepare the CEOs of the future See positive results with smarter performance reviews Create a culture of innovation and sustainability In these pages there is a wealth of information on a wide range of subjects, including employee compensation, onboarding, leadership competencies, and engagement programs. Discover firsthand how top HR thought leaders like Dave Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Boyatzis, Marc Effron, Beverly Kaye, Andy Pellant, William Rothwell, William Schiemann, Doris Sims, Allan Schweyer, Kay Thorne, and Kevin Wilde have achieved amazing results. And learn how expanding global markets are affecting the development of talent and teams all across the world. It takes a top-notch workforce to make a company succeed. This definitive guide gives you all you need to enable your organization's people to do their best.

Book The Talent Management Handbook   Creating Organizational Excellence by Identifying  Developing  and Promoting Your Best People

Download or read book The Talent Management Handbook Creating Organizational Excellence by Identifying Developing and Promoting Your Best People written by Lance A. Berger and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents: Pt. I. Introducing a Talent Management System 1. Creating a Talent Management System for Organization Excellence: Connecting the Dots / Lance A. Berger 2. Four Steps to Creating a Talent Management System / Lance A. Berger 3. The Journey to Organization Excellence: Navigating the Forces Impacting Talent Management / Dorothy R. Berger 4. A Talent Management Case Study: Major League Baseball's Quest for Superkeepers / William Y. Giles Pt. II. Developing the Building Blocks of Talent Management: Competencies, Performance Management, Career Track Planning 5. Competencies: The First Building Block of Talent Management / Murray M. Dalziel 6. How Competencies Create Economic Value / Lyle M. Spencer, Jr. 7. Selecting the Right Performance Management System / Martin G. Wolf 8. Performance Appraisal: Myth and Reality / Christian M. Ellis and Anne M. Saunier 9. Using 360-Degree Feedback in a Talent Management System / Richard Lepsinger and Anntoinette D. Lucia 10. Determining Every Employee's Potential for Growth / Murray M. Dalziel 11. Finding High-Potential Talent Throughout the Organization / John A. Hunter 12. Casting a Wider Net: A Case Study in Optimizing Employee Potential / Vikki L. Pryor 13. Finding the Crown Jewels: Locating the Superkeepers / Rolf D. Naku 14. Using Outplacement Techniques to Evaluate Employees / Geof Boole 15. Finding and Hiring Fast-Track Talent / Judith M. von Seldeneck 16. Using a Talent Management Model for Selection: Guarding the Entrances to Your Organization / Luanne Fisher, Lea Ann Koniski and William J. Nolan Pt. III. Talent Planning 17. Achieving Organization Excellence Through Talent Planning and Development / Lori Grubs 18. Developing Superkeepers, Keepers, and Solid Citizens: Measurement Makes a Difference / Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J. Phillips 19. Allocating Training and Development Resources Based on Contribution / Gerald E. Ledford, Jr. and James Kochanski 20. Optimizing Your Investment in Your Employees / Marc Knez and Donald H. Ruse 21. CEO Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership at the Top / Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden 22. Talent Management in a Global Firm / Richard J. Pinola 23. How Boards Can Shape Talent Planning and Development / Rosemarie B. Greco 24. Succession Planning in Family Businesses / Edwin A. Hoover Pt. IV. Building Diversity into Your Succession Plan 25. Building a Reservoir of High-Potential Women and Diverse Groups / Leon T. Lanier, Sr. 26. Building a Reservoir of Women Superkeepers / Molly Dickinson Shepard and Nila G. Betof Pt. V. Coaching, Training, and Development 27. Integrating Coaching, Training, and Development with Talent Management / Helen Krewson 28. Leadership Coaching / Paul W. Larson and Matthew T. Richburg 29. Coaching the Superkeepers / Karol M. Wasylyshyn 30. Differentiating Leaders Throughout an Entire Organization / Richard F. Boyatzis, Cindy Frick and Ellen Brooks Van Oosten Pt. VI. Using Compensation to Implement a Talent Management Plan 31. Integrating Compensation with Talent Management / Andrew S. Rosen and Thomas B. Wilson 32. Compensating Superkeepers Talent Your Company Needs to Thrive / Patricia K. Zingheim 33. Linking Competencies to Performance and Pay / Moira Madell and Christopher A. Michalak 34. Using Long-Term Incentives to Retain Top Talent: Super Rewards for Superkeepers / Paul Conley, Renee Lassonde and Sarah Larson Pt. VII. Using Information Technology to Support a Talent Management System 35. Using Information Technology to Support a Talent Management Process / John Haworth and Austin Whitman 36. Developing a Talent Management Information Strategy / Craig M. Berger.

Book Best Practices in Talent Management

Download or read book Best Practices in Talent Management written by Marshall Goldsmith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for BEST PRACTICES in TALENT MANAGEMENT "This book includes the most up-to-date thinking, tools, models, instruments and case studies necessary to identify, lead, and manage talent within your organization and with a focus on results. It provides it all—from thought leadership to real-world practice." PATRICK CARMICHAEL HEAD OF TALENT MANAGEMENT, REFINING, MARKETING, AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, SAUDI ARAMCO "This is a superb compendium of stories that give the reader a peek behind the curtains of top notch organizations who have wrestled with current issues of talent management. Their lessons learned are vital for leaders and practitioners who want a very valuable heads up." BEVERLY KAYE FOUNDER/CEO: CAREER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AND CO-AUTHOR, LOVE 'EM OR LOSE 'EM "This is a must read for organization leaders and HR practitioners who cope with the today's most critical business challenge—talent management. This book provides a vast amount of thought provoking ideals, tools, and models, for building and implementing talent management strategies. I highly recommend it!" DALE HALM ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE "If you are responsible for planning and implementing an effective talent and succession management strategy in your organization, this book provides the case study examples you are looking for." DORIS SIMS AUTHOR, BUILDING TOMORROW'S TALENT "A must read for all managers who wish to implement a best practice talent management program within their organization" FARIBORZ GHADAR WILLIAM A. SCHREYER PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, POLICIES AND PLANNING SENIOR ADVISOR AND DISTINGUISHED SENIOR SCHOLAR CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FOUNDING DIRECTOR CENTER FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS STUDIES

Book Developing Executive Talent

Download or read book Developing Executive Talent written by Jonathan Smilansky, PhD and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The systematic management of executive talent is a key strategic challenge for most large corporations. This is an emerging field and, consequently, there is a lack of consensus about what is involved and a variety of approaches have been adopted. In Developing Executive Talent Jonathan Smilansky, Ph.D. summarises the key activities and concerns of large businesses in the USA and Europe that are focused around the identification, development and effective utilisation of executive talent. In doing so, he provides even the most experienced Human Resource executive with a much broader array of inputs about what today's leading organizations are doing in this area. What quickly becomes clear is that even the best businesses are still developing their talent management processes. There are no 'right' answers and different organizations, with different levels of commitment, at different stages of development and in different environments produce different approaches. Developing Executive Talent is a map that lets you compare your organisation's approach with what others are doing in this area. It also grants you a close-up view of alternative processes designed to identify and develop the leaders of tomorrow. By learning from the experience of others you can become an 'educated consumer' of talent management services, and help both your organization and your own career. With quotations from Heads of Human Resources describing their experiences and concerns, specific tools and processes used by large businesses to identify and manage the leaders of tomorrow, Developing Executive Talent offers the clearest and most coherent picture to date of how leading organizations are tackling this critical business challenge.

Book The Talent Management Handbook

Download or read book The Talent Management Handbook written by Berger and published by Tata McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the contributions of leading executives, human resources practitioners, and consultants, this book presents a comprehensive approach to talent management. You will learn the power of integrating your company's infrastructure of HR assessment, planning, and development tools into a single, cogent system. The Talent Management Handbook explains how to align your company's people with the current and future needs of the organization by placing employees in positions that maximize their value.

Book Acting as a Business  Fifth Edition

Download or read book Acting as a Business Fifth Edition written by Brian O'Neil and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential handbook for actors—a modern classic—in a newly updated edition. Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O’Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. It’s packed with practical information—on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in an agent’s office—including: -- Tactics for getting an agent, including preparing for the interview -- How to research who will be casting what—and whether there is a role for you—well in advance -- Examples of correspondence to agents and casting directors for both beginning and advanced professionals -- A detailed analysis of the current trend of paying to meet industry personnel -- How to communicate effectively with an agent or personal manager -- Creative ways to use the internet and social media O’Neil has updated Acting as a Business to keep up with the latest show-business trends, making this fifth edition a reference no actor should be without

Book Make Your People Before You Make Your Products

Download or read book Make Your People Before You Make Your Products written by Paul Turner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your people hold the key to your business success Make Your People Before You Make Your Products is an authoritative guide to the evolution of talent management. Written specifically for HR professionals this book describes how organizations can gain a global competitive edge through better management of talent resources. With a practice-based philosophy, readers will learn more effective talent management strategies for a complex market in which people are often the only competitive advantage. Inclusivity is emphasized, and discussion centres on innovative, dynamic, fluid approaches to talent acquisition, development, and retention. In today's market environment, talent has moved from audience to community while leadership has shifted from control to empowerment. Traditional, linear approaches to talent management are falling short, and directing resources solely to senior management and HIPOs is no longer a valid strategy. This book provides practical guidance on more modern approaches, helping organizations to: Attract and retain the best talent by expanding talent resource management Augment traditional management methods with more dynamic techniques Develop a talent strategy that recognizes the new diversity of supply and demand Consider the evolving roles of talent and leadership in a global context Contextual changes in workplace dynamics necessitate an updated approach for keeping the best people on board and using them to their utmost potential. Talent management is a driving force behind an organization's success, affecting outcomes by every major metric – if the strategy becomes stale, success is no longer sustainable. Make Your People Before You Make Your Products is guide toward developing an organization's greatest asset.

Book ATD Talent Management Handbook

Download or read book ATD Talent Management Handbook written by Terry Bickham and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you need to know to manage a workforce. The complex and ever-changing nature of today’s—and tomorrow’s—workforce demands that all involved in talent management rethink how to attract, engage, and grow future talent. This forward-looking handbook captures talent management’s evolution from a series of transactions to a fluid process that includes talent development. With 20-plus chapters written by more than 30 contributors, the ATD Talent Management Handbook challenges you to think about the talent model of the future through the lens of different workforce models. It offers progressive thoughts on the current state of talent management and on how the function needs to adapt. Leaders, practitioners, and consultants alike will find useful insights and answers to relevant talent management challenges. Edited by learning and development authority Terry Bickham, this handbook covers the entire talent management cycle, from talent acquisition and engagement to leadership development and succession planning. ATD’s first handbook on talent management, this book includes a foreword by ATD President and CEO Tony Bingham, highlighting the foundational components of talent development and its role within talent management.

Book Doing Business Abroad

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. J. Asongu
  • Publisher : Greenview Publishing Co.
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 0979797632
  • Pages : 153 pages

Download or read book Doing Business Abroad written by J. J. Asongu and published by Greenview Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Culture Shock

Download or read book Culture Shock written by Will McInnes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Will McInnes has nailed it. Inspiring and comprehensive,Culture Shock is aspirational future thinking with its feet firmly on the ground’ Jemima Kiss, Digital Media correspondent, The Guardian Join the work-place revolution There's a revolution afoot . . . don't be left behind. A new dawn has broken. Business has changed profoundly—fueled by aggressively advancing technology and a volatile global economy. So why has most business culture remained unchanged? Most organizations are closed, secretive, siloed, slow to change, and deeply hierarchical. It's time to shock these cultures. Let's burn up the old and start something new. The wonderfully inspiring Will McInnes is here to make a change—he wants us all to work in places that are supportive, open, conducive to creativity, motivating, and fun. In this book he maps out brilliant ways to create an uplifting work culture. Learn to create a more open, democratic, and productive workplace Packed with real-world examples and backed up by facts Step-by-step, practical framework with actionable tasks to help you transform the way you work for the better

Book The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management written by David G. Collings and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management offers academic researchers, advanced postgraduate students, and reflective practitioners a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, topics, and debates in talent management. The Handbook is designed with a multi-disciplinary perspective in mind and draws upon perspectives from, inter alia, human resource management, psychology, and strategy to chart the topography of the area of talent management and to establish the base of knowledge in the field. Furthermore, each chapter concludes by identifying key gaps in our understanding of the area of focus. The Handbook is ambitious in its scope, with 28 chapters structured around five sections. These include the context of talent management, talent and performance, talent teams and networks, managing talent flows, and contemporary issues in talent management. Each chapter is written by a leading international scholar in the area and thus the volume represents the authoritative reference for anyone working in the area of talent management.

Book Talent Wins

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ram Charan
  • Publisher : Harvard Business Press
  • Release : 2018-03-06
  • ISBN : 1633691195
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Talent Wins written by Ram Charan and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical Advice for Reinventing Talent--and HR Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. Typical talent-planning and HR processes are designed for predictable environments, traditional ways of getting work done, and organizations where "lines and boxes" still define how people are managed. As work and organizations have become more fluid--and business strategy is no longer about planning years ahead but about sensing and seizing new opportunities and adapting to a constantly changing environment--companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive. Turning conventional views on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent--for today's agile, digital, analytical, technologically driven strategic environment--and for creating the HR function that business needs. Filled with examples of forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent (such as ADP, Amgen, BlackRock, Blackstone, Haier, ING, Marsh, Tata Communications, Telenor, and Volvo), as well as the juggernauts and the startups of Silicon Valley, this book shows leaders how to bring the rigor that they apply to financial capital to their human capital--elevating HR to the same level as finance in their organizations. Providing deep, expert insight and advice for what needs to change and how to change it, this is the definitive book for reimagining and creating a talent-driven organization that wins.

Book One Page Talent Management  with a New Introduction

Download or read book One Page Talent Management with a New Introduction written by Marc Effron and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical approach to growing high-quality talent--fast You know that winning in today's marketplace requires top-quality talent. You also know what it takes to build that talent--and you spend significant financial and human resources to make it happen. Yet somehow, your company's beautifully designed and well-benchmarked processes don't translate into the bottom-line talent depth you need. Why? Talent management experts Marc Effron and Miriam Ort argue that companies unwittingly add layers of complexity to their talent-building models--without evaluating whether those components add any value to the overall process. Consequently, simple activities like setting employee performance goals become multipage, headache-inducing time wasters that turn managers off and fail to improve results. Effron and Ort introduce a simple, powerful, scientifically proven approach to increase your ability to develop better leaders faster: One Page Talent Management (OPTM). Using the straightforward, easy-to-follow process described in this book, you will eliminate frustrating complexity, focus only on those components that add real value, and build transparency and accountability into every practice. Based on extensive research and experience in companies such as Avon Products, Bank of America, and Philips, One Page Talent Management shows you how to: Quickly identify high-potential talent without complex assessments Increase the number of "ready now" successors for key roles Generate 360-degree feedback that accelerates change in the most critical behaviors Significantly reduce the time required for managers to implement talent-building processes Do away with complexity and bureaucracy--and develop the high-quality talent you need, right now.

Book Putting Your Talent to Work

Download or read book Putting Your Talent to Work written by Ode A. Idoko and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What sets one apart from the crowd is his talent. Simply put your talent is your uniqueness. It is what distinguishes individuals. I believe if you are not different, then you are not needed.Life is a just employer and your talent is the tool with which you work the works of life. Your talent is the weapon of your placement in life. That is why Proverbs 22: 29 says " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men ".The starting point in the roadmap to success is the identification of your inert ability. It ' s what is inside a man that he displays on the outside. Everyman is at his best doing what he is designated for.Many youths are lost in this wilderness called life. Putting Your Talent to Work tries to make them know who they are, where they are and where they are going. In fact the book sets out to give them the sense of identity, helping them to rediscover themselves, where they are now and where they ought to be by virtue of their life purpose and goals.A child without knowledge of his life purpose and goals is like a boat on a high sea without rudder or compass. When pushed onto the water and the wind blows, all you see is the vast body of oceans and sky in every direction. Suddenly, you realize what big trouble you are in. This is true of the youth out there without a focus. When the youth goes out without an anchor to keep him firmly rooted and planted against the winds of life, he either gets blown away or depends on someone else.