
The Talent Advantage
Developing Your Workforce to Drive Innovation and Business Results
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The Talent Advantage
Developing Your Workforce to Drive Innovation and Business Results
About this book
How can you unlock the full potential of your people to drive business performance?
The Talent Advantage by Stefan Stremersch is a practical, evidence-based guide for HR leaders, managers and departmental heads who want to embed talent development into their organization's strategy. It shows that talent is not an exclusive trait but can be cultivated in every employee through the right methods, mindset and environment.
Drawing on real-world examples from Merck, Michelin and Nefab, this book combines scientific insights with actionable frameworks to help you nurture skills, increase engagement and link development directly to business goals.
You'll learn how to:
- Apply formal, social and on-the-job learning to build capability
- Design incentives and upskilling programs that improve performance
- Assess and raise proficiency levels across teams and functions
- Leverage AI and innovation to accelerate talent development
Packed with templates, tools and proven strategies, The Talent Advantage equips mid and senior-career professionals to design development systems that engage employees, strengthen teams and deliver measurable impact for the organization.
Themes include: talent development strategy, employee engagement, upskilling, AI in HR, evidence-based HR
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Website
- PART ONE Grow your innovation talent
- 01 What is innovation talent?
- 02 Why should innovation talent be at the core of any organization?
- 03 How to build innovation talent
- PART TWO Purpose
- 04 Roadmapping Purpose
- 05 Why do you want to innovate?
- 06 What is your goal?
- 07 Can how you innovate become a brand?
- 08 How did Merck KGaA build Innospire into a branded purpose?
- 09 Where to innovate?
- 10 How did Grünenthal leverage innovation talent to commercial capabilities?
- PART THREE People
- 11 What makes innovation talent tick?
- 12 Who to include in innovation talent development?
- 13 How to lead innovation talent
- 14 Meet the people
- 15 How to enhance your innovation talent with AI
- 16 Meet the bots
- PART FOUR Proficiency
- 17 What is proficiency as a concept?
- 18 How can innovation templates help you to make progress?
- 19 How can innovation tools support your progress?
- 20 How to design programmes for innovation talent development
- 21 Innovation proficiency development at Aliaxis
- 22 How to integrate technology in your learning journey
- PART FIVE Personal
- 23 Innovation talent in your personal life
- 24 My personal journey
- 25 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Index