A practical guide packed with examples of organizations that have successfully tapped into the hidden talents of their workforce. Managers will learn to recognize and mine some key, fundamental leadership traits that are essential for a competitive business.

Autorentext
Dani Monroe is president and founder of Center Focus International. In her 20 years of diversity and organizational change work she has developed a keen understanding of their relationship to an organization's bottom line. Her expertise is to connect diversity and organizational change to that bottom line so that both individuals and the organization benefit. Dani has authored numerous articles for many publications, including Diversity Inc.'s online magazine, Black Enterprise, and Banker & Tradesman. She co-authored the chapter, Managing the Complexity of Organizational Transformation, for the book Transforming Work, by John Adams. She has been featured in the Boston Business Journal, and was awarded the prestigious YWCA Academy of Women Achievers Award in 2000.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Living Linsanity 2. When Lightning Strikes 3. The Hidden Workforce 4. Why Talent Goes Tapped 5. Blame the Brain 6. The Cultural Catapult: Finding and Launching Untapped Talent 7. Creating Budds: The Serendipitous Skills of Untapped Talent 8. Personally Sound: Tapping into Your Talents 9. The Three R's: Emerging from the Hidden Workforce 10. Seeing Solutions: The Role of Resourcefulness 11. Failing Forward: The Role of Resilience 12. Standing Firm: The Role of Resolve 13. The Future of Tapped Talent