RESPECT, Future Work, The Rare Find 17/02/2012

by Jack Wiley & Brenda Kowske

There are seven things that employees really want from their managers and their organisations:

• Recognition
• Exciting work
• Security of employment
• Pay
• Education and career growth
• Conditions
• Truth.

This book provides practical actions to help managers, executives and HR practitioners to meet these needs. 

Spotting exceptional talent before everyone else
by George Anders

How can talent specialists find people with breakthrough potential? The book summarises the experiences of two-and-a-half years spent interviewing, following and working with some of America’s top talent scouts: from Facebook to the FBI, Apple to the top US sports teams and Hollywood casting agents to Silicon Valley venture-capitalists.

by Peter Thomson

The way we work is overdue for change. Future Work sets out the compelling business case for a change in organizational cultures and working practices, with examples of companies making the transition including Gap, Vodafone & Unilever.