The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

Reid Hoffman is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, as well as a partner at Greylock Partners in Silicon Valley. Ben Casnocha is an award-winning entrepreneur and coauthor of The Start-up of You with Reid. Chris Yeh is a business owner, author, and mentor. "The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age" is their book.

The link between the employer and the employee is shattered. As a manager, you want your staff to contribute to the company's future transformation. And your employees want the company to assist them in making long-term career changes. However, this win-win scenario will only occur if both parties have enough faith in one other to commit to mutual investment and mutual benefit. Unfortunately, in the business sector, trust is at an all-time low.

This daring yet practical handbook for managers and executives, coauthored by LinkedIn's founder, will provide you the tools you need to recruit, manage, and retain the kind of individuals who will help your organization survive in today's world of relentless innovation and rapid change. You'll be able to recruit and keep the entrepreneurial folks you need to adapt to a fast-changing environment if you put this new partnership at the center of your talent management strategy.

Individuals interested in employer-employee relationships and leaders' capacity to attract, manage, and retain the right employees will find "The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age" one of the best books on talent management to be a quick and easy read. This book will compel you to see the future, introduce you to new work patterns, and give you the authority and perspective to make your entire team consider... This is an essential new work that ought to be read. a must-have handbook for coping with the problems of managing a workforce that is becoming increasingly networked and mobile.

Authors: Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, Chris Yeh
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press (July 8, 2014)
Language: English
Link to buy: amazon.com/Alliance-Managing-Talent-Networked-Age/dp/1625275773/