Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills And Talent | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ken Dychtwald, Tamara J. Erickson, Robert Morison
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
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Pages: 269
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ISBN: 1591395216
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.301
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Publication Date: April 4, 2006
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Unprecedented shifts in the age distribution and diversity of the global labor pool are underway. Within the decade, as the massive boomer generation begins to retire and fewer skilled workers are available to replace them, companies in industrialized markets will face a labor shortage and brain drain of dramatic proportions. Ken Dychtwald, Tamara Erickson, and Robert Morison argue that companies ignore these shifts at great peril. Survival will depend on redefining retirement and transforming management and human resource practices to attract, accommodate, and retain workers of all ages and backgrounds. Based on decades of groundbreaking research and study, the authors present innovative and actionable management techniques for leveraging the knowledge of mature workers, reengaging disillusioned midcareer workers, and attracting and retaining talented younger workers. This timely book will help organizations sustain their competitive edge in tomorrows inevitably tighter labor markets.
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 Critical Insights to Prepare for the Talent Perfect Storm October 7, 2008
This is a page-turner for anyone interested in workforce development, human capital, or economic development interests. It's a succinct, digestible argument concerning the dramatic changes that will be taking place over the next 20 years. Their points are articulate, digestible and actionable. I highly recommend this book.
 C.Stewart March 10, 2008
This book talks about engagement by age group, which is a good topic but when reading into futher...its saying all age groups want the same things; flexible work arrangements, good pay and benefits. Nothing new in this book.
 Great insight May 14, 2007
Ken Dychtwald covers greatly the changes in today's workforce. From diversity to age, it all effects the shortage of skills and talent. This is a great book for anyone who owns, manages or plans on opening a small business.
Mieko Banjoko
"Where did all the good ones go?" September 27, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
In essence, the "workforce crisis" to which the title refers results from an insufficiency of talented, skilled, and principled people at a time when competition for them has never been more intense than it is now...and "the coming shortage" of them is certain to increase in months and years ahead. In the first two Parts of this volume, the authors explain how this "brain drain" threatens organizational performance, why a new workforce stategy is needed, why older workers (ages 55+) comprise "the biggest untapped resource" and how to optimize their services, why and how the "boomer bottleneck" disrupts productibity, how to rekindle employees' passion for work, why the best of the younger workers (ages 18-34) keep leaving, and how to connect with them. Then in Parts III and IV, they explain why flexible work arrangements are needed and how to make them work, why continuous education matters and how to make it pay off, why "variety will rule" and how to leverage it, how to evaluate the talent and skills of the current workforce and anticipate their needs, and finally, how to formulate and then implement strategies by which to avert a workforce crisis.
Readers will greatly appreciate the authors' no-nonsense approach to real-world issues. Their observations are based on extensive research and their recommendations are both practical and do-able. The provision of various case studies is a substantial value-added benefit. It is instructive to see how various organizations have either avoided or satisrfactorily resolved the "workforce crisis" each faced. There are two other books which should be read in combinbation with this one: Leigh Branham`s The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It's Too Late and Bradford Smart's Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People (Revised and Updated Edition).
Find a Parade, Jump in Front, Declare Yourself Grand Marshall September 11, 2006
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
The "research" that the authors quote is their own but their "findings" are nothing more than information that has been reported ad nauseum in journal articles and news stories over the past several years. The book could have been condensed drastically without losing any of the points. The last 25% of the book is a "discussion guide" that may be more valuable than the guts of the book.
Borrow this one from the library.
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