ASTD Press is launching a new book that is just what business leaders need for challenging economic times!

Tough economic times demand more, not less attention to talent management. The expertise and trend-setting practices of six industry giants are contained in the new book, Talent Management: Strategies for Success from Six Leading Companies.

Edited by Larry Israelite, vice president and manager of human resource development at Liberty Mutual Group, Talent Management is a road map to cultivating a highly responsive, high-performance, sustainable organization that meets its business targets. This resource-rich book features the expertise and successful strategies of prominent industry leaders: Cisco, McDonald's, Avon, Liberty Mutual Group, Ciena, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Chapters focus on management's role, the impact on processes and practices, links to business results, the impact on company strategy, current research on the topic, and software selection.

Talent Management also:

• describes a key shift in the dynamic between employer and employee and explains how a focus on talent can enable organizations to achieve remarkable things.

• lists 10 tips for moving toward a talent-driven culture.

• provides insight into different ways that organizations define talent management and implement talent management initiatives, allowing readers to draw lessons that are applicable to their own companies.

Talent Management: Strategies for Success from Six Leading Companies is endorsed by several leaders in the learning and development field, including Eliot Masie who says, "The best part about this book is the fact that it humbles those of us who have 'grown up' in this industry thinking we 'know it all' many of the best practices shared in this book emulate true innovation and current trends in talent management not seen or heard before \[the book\] provides real and practical examples that you can implement right away to help drive talent management strategies in your organization."