Companies that are succeeding as well as thriving and keeping top performers are doing so because they have the right HR practices in place. Conference Board Senior Fellow Leon Martel has identified 25 organizations that have been independently audited by the Financial Times and Fortune as the best places to work and are also identified by the WSJ as top financial performers. Martel argues that the strong correlation between companies that ranked high as employers and those ranked high in performance is no accident ? they all have practices in core HR areas that produce superior performance as well as great workplaces.
Book Details:
- Author: Leon Martel
- ISBN: 9780470369463
- Year Published: 2002
- Pages: 304
- BISAC: BUS000000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/General
About the Book and Topic:
Companies that are succeeding as well as thriving and keeping top performers are doing so because they have the right HR practices in place. Conference Board Senior Fellow Leon Martel has identified 25 organizations that have been independently audited by the Financial Times and Fortune as the best places to work and are also identified by the WSJ as top financial performers. Martel argues that the strong correlation between companies that ranked high as employers and those ranked high in performance is no accident ? they all have practices in core HR areas that produce superior performance as well as great workplaces.
By providing practical guidance in core HR areas such as recruiting & hiring, compensation & benefits, and education & training, Martel offers valuable information to HR executives who have been inundated with new theories such as intellectual capital, human capital etc. but haven?t known how to actually connect these with the everyday reality of HR practices.
Practical guidance for creating high performing and loyal employees. * Filled with real-life examples -recruiting, hiring, training, rewards, compensation benefits–from twenty-five top rated companies. * Shows how to build a thriving workplace environment. * Offers valuable information on how to connect new HR theories with everyday reality.
About the Author
Leon Martel is a senior fellow at The Conference Board, where he served as senior vice president, first for research, managing the Board’s extensive studies program, then for international programs. Previously he was acting president, executive vice president, and director of the research management council of the Hudson Institute, and a tenured member of the faculty of Hofstra University. He is the author and coauthor of several books, including The next 200 Years (with Herman Kahn and William Brown) and Mastering Change, named one of the year’s Ten Outstanding Business Books by Best of Business Quarterly. A retired captain of the U.S. Naval Reserve, he holds a BA degree from Dartmouth College and MA and PhD degrees from Columbia.