Book Review: One Page Talent Management

One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value by Marc Effron and Mirian Ort, outlines an easy-to-use model (OPTM – One Page Talent Management) for designing results-oriented practices.

Every process is based on proven scientific research, which is combined with eliminating complexity by including only those components that add real value.

Based on extensive research and hands-on experience, the results show how to: Quickly identify high-potential talent without complex assessments; increase the number of potentially effective successors for key roles; generating 360-degree feedback that accelerates changes in the most critical behaviours; significantly reducing the time required for managers to implement talent processes; and enforcing accountability for growing talent through corporate culture, compensation etc.

Overall the simple approach is invariably the most effective way to adding value and this book is an invaluable starting point that practices what it preaches in the way the material is presented.

Reviewed by Professor Bruce Lloyd FCMI, London South Bank University

Harvard Business Press
£19.99
ISBN 978-1-4221-6673-4