Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

Excellent book, and interesting and lucid. Must read for anyone at manager or above position.

Here's a scary thought: What if we actually told the truth at work? An awesome premise fleshed out through the lens of the talent/company relationship in The Alliance. I've worked for a 25 years and the idea of a company being a life long solution or truly being a "family" in the misguided way it's used often has long been set aside. Unfortunately I've mostly sat befuddled on what to do about it. I've spent an awful lot of time doing my best to navigate work without explicitly addressing how to thrive personally and professionally while also providing the company the value it should expect and receive (and it's not just profits... see below!). This book has opened my eyes to a model that will work for me and is alive and well in companies like Linkedin and others. Personally I prefer business books that not only get to the point but do so in a way that I *gasp* actually enjoy the writing. The authors have a way of expressing the concepts in a matter of fact way with humor that had me laughing out loud on occasion. I love the "Tour of Duty" idea . I can manage people and my career in a new way to fit personal and professional goals to this new mid term way of thriving. (Candidly, it's one of those great ideas that is so simple it's a "I could have thought of that, but didn't" idea, like South Park or Instagram.) This quote really got me: "...the company helps the employee transform his career; the employee helps the company transform itself and become more adaptable" and no, I'm not particularly sharp, it was just one of the few things in the books in italics, and for good reason. (Spoiler alert!!!!) If you can read the whole book through first and you will be delighted reading Appendix B's Top 9 Lists and you may, like me, think THAT'S why I loved reading this book. And, candidly, wonder based on the top 2 for each of them how the hell they got anything done..... The book will be a reference and tool for me. I feel like I have a fresh start.

Very helpfull. It doesn't rediscover the wheel. Just say what we dont really want to see in the daily routine hiring new staff. After reading it i discovered a new way to see candidates for a job when I interview people

Comment restaurer la loyauté perdue entre les collaborateurs et leur entreprise ? Le constat est sans appel : l’entreprise ne pouvant plus garantir un emploi à vie, la majorité des collaborateurs ne se sentent plus réellement liés à leur employeur. Ils restent à l’écoute, voire en recherche active, d’autres opportunités et n’hésitent plus à poursuivre leur carrière ailleurs. Cela aboutit souvent à une perte de confiance mutuelle – et parfois à un engagement réduit au minimum. Pourquoi s’investir dans une relation qui peut prendre fin brutalement ? Alors qu’ils évoluent dans l’univers de la Silicon Valley, où le lien collaborateur-entreprise est faible, les auteurs ont mis en place une nouvelle relation employeur-employé, qu’ils appellent l’Alliance. Cette alliance est fondée sur la transparence : l’entreprise décrit clairement quelle contribution elle attend du collaborateur pour une mission délimitée dans le temps. En contrepartie, elle formalise aussi la façon dont elle répond aux aspirations du collaborateur, à son développement personnel et à son employabilité. Des entretiens réguliers entre le N+1 et le collaborateur permettent de s’assurer que les attentes des deux parties sont remplies. Les exemples décrits, tirés à la fois de start-up, mais aussi d’entreprises établies comme Mac Donald’s, LinkedIn ou Cisco, sont plutôt convaincants. Cette forme de contrat moral présente le mérite de poser la question de l’agenda caché que peuvent avoir entreprises et collaborateurs : le partager peut finalement s’avérer positif pour les deux parties. Sans naïveté, cet ouvrage propose des pistes intéressantes pour restaurer une loyauté parfois mise à mal par les réalités économiques.

Spedizione rapidissima tipica di Amazon! Libro ben fatto dai contenuti molto interessanti, lo consiglio vivamente sia a chi si inserisce nel mondo del lavoro, sia a chi gestisce un team.