Authors:William J. Rothwell, John Lindholm, William G. Walli
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: performance, initiatives, advance, learning, workplace, corporate, training, building, ceos
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2003-02-03
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0814406793
ISBN-13: 9780814406793

Training is about improving overall organizational performance, and no individual is more accountable for a company’s performance than its CEO. It follows, then, that Workplace Learning and Performance professionals (a.k.a. trainers) must learn what chief executives hope to achieve through their company’s training efforts, and that they must satisfy the expectations of those executives and other key stakeholders. What CEOs Expect From Corporate Training is based on extensive interviews with CEOs across a myriad of industries, and reflects their ideas about how effective tr

Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: strategies, develop, talent, day, easy, quick, guide, maximizing, employee, potential, manager
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-09-23
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0814414303
ISBN-13: 9780814414309

Many books have been written about talent management and succession planning but few have focused on how busy managers can incorporate the important task of finding, developing, and keeping the best people into their daily routine. Aimed at managers at all levels and featuring real-world examples this indispensable guide explains why managers, not the HR department, must take the lead in attracting, cultivating, and retaining the most productive, promotable people...and arms them with the practical skills they need to do it!every day.Book Description Many books have been written about talent

Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: continuity, building, talent, leadership, ensuring, succession, planning, effective
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2005-05-30
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0814408427
ISBN-13: 9780814408421

If you’re looking for a quick, easy, and fun guide to constantly cultivating from within your organization the talent to move up and fill positions left behind by others, don’t look here. Written by a human resources expert who teaches at Penn State, Effective Succession Planning must surely be one of the driest books ever written on this topic, from its aggressively unsexy title and jacket to its college-textbook format and arsenal of supplementary checklists, flowcharts, and exercises. Having said that, it’s also probably one of the most thorough books on the topic (and a

Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: continuity, building, talent, leadership, ensuring, succession, planning, effective
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 2001-01-11
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0814470807
ISBN-13: 9780814470800

This text presents a comprehensive model for systematic succession planning. This edition includes new material on: trends affecting change in succession planning, competencies as a foundation for succession planning; and online applications in succession planning.

Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: ASTD Press
Keywords: basics, series, training, astd, adult, learning
Number of Pages: 167
Published: 2008-12-10
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1562865331
ISBN-13: 9781562865337

With a globally-aging workforce, organizations are reexamining adult learning theory and how it is applied to employee development. Adult Learning Basics addresses individual learning competencies, organizational learning climate, and technology-related issues as they affect the adult learning process. Author, William J. Rothwell, a renowned learning expert, simplifies the complicated and often academic subject of adult learning. He defines the seven kinds of adult intelligence and provides the necessary background for successfully addressing the different learning styles for maximum benefit.

Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: Amacom
Keywords: continuity, building, talent, leadership, ensuring, succession, planning, effective
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 2010-04-28
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0814414168
ISBN-13: 9780814414163

Organizations that don’t take steps to plan for future talent needs at all levels, will face certain disruptions, and even disasters, when key employees leave. Still the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the subject, this new edition of Effective Succession Planning presents strategies for creating a complete, systematic succession planning program. Updated and expanded to reflect the latest trends and best practices in succession management, the book contains 20 per cent new material, including chapters on recruitment and retention as part of succession planning, as well as u

Author: William J. Rothwell
Publisher: ASTD
Keywords: improvement, performance, human, models, astd
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1562861263
ISBN-13: 9781562861261

Renowned authorities on the subject of human performance improvement give you a broad range of knowledge and strategies, including: Definitions of human performance improvement (HPI); Key influences on HPI; HPI roles and how they are tied to the HPI process; Competencies in HPI work; Applications and resources for competency building; Ethical issues in HPI work.