High-Impact Human Capital Strategy: Addressing the 12 Major Challenges Todays Organizations Face - Hardcover

"Packed with cogent analysis and accessible tools, High-Impact delivers a long-needed update to human capital strategy...provides an overview of the new rules of human capital management." --HR Professional ..". packed with a lot of information for businesses large and small....High-Impact Human Capital Strategy will quickly become a go-to book for entrepreneurs who are serious about growing their companies." --Web.com "A fascinating, holistic look at the new age of HR, High-Impact Human Capital Strategy offers step-by-step guidelines and case studies that drive home its key concepts." --TD Magazine

Traditionally, human resources has focused on recruiting good people, preparing them for assignments, motivating them to perform, and retaining them. These functions remain essential, but to be successful in turbulent times like ours, human capital strategy needs to be broader and much more far-reaching.

High-Impact Human Capital Strategy examines 12 critical forces that must be considered: globalization, changes in workforce demographics, skill shortages and mismatches in labor markets, environmental matters, and more. It shows how to incorporate each into an effective overall plan, and how to translate that plan into action.You’ll learn to design human capital programs that:

• Connect with business measures
• Achieve positive ROIEnsure critical talent is in place
• Boost engagement
• Address work/life balance and other social issues
• Reduce the need to outsource

Case studies and step-by-step guidelines help you move beyond hiring-training benefits functions, to develop human capital strategies that deliver measurablevalue in the face of ongoing challenges.