Talent Leadership

Foreword

I always approach a new book from three standpoints: First, is the premise valid? Second, does it add value to the field of human capital management? Third, is it practical and useable? John Mattone’s book passes all three tests.

Talent management has become such a widely used phrase that it is difficult to ascribe any unequivocal meaning to it. In this case, John focuses his argument on two of the most fundamental practices of talent management: assessment and coaching.

Assessment was a very popular practice in the 1970s but slowly lost its way when attempts to measure its value were weak to nonexistent. Fortunately, with the advances in analytics over the past decade, assessment is finding new life. This is very important because of ...