Implementing a Successful HR Strategy: Leading HR Executives on Attracting Talent, Establishing Company Culture, and Inspiring Employees

Implementing a Successful HR Strategy is an authoritative, insider's perspective on devising, developing, and executing an effective long-term HR strategy for your company. Featuring HR executives representing some of the top companies in the nation, this book provides best practices for marrying employee and business needs, building a budget when times are tight, and measuring success. These authors explain how to set the stage for top performance by establishing a corporate culture, achieving management and employee buy-in, and putting the right people in the right places. From determining ambitious yet attainable HR goals to establishing the role of each member of the HR department in achieving those goals, they discuss how strategic HR initiatives can have a direct impact on the bottom line of the company. Underlining a company's need to engage employees in order to retain them in today s global business climate, the authors also demonstrate the importance of providing opportunities for growth, encouraging innovation, and increasing diversity. The different niches presented and the breadth of perspectives represented enable readers to get inside some of the leading HR minds of today, as these insiders offer up their thoughts around the keys to implementing a proactive HR strategy that catapults your company far above the rest.

Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book.

Chapters Include:

1. Mark Fogel, Vice President, Human Resources and Administration; Chief Human Resources Officer, Leviton - "Working Together to Serve the Greater Good of the Company"

2. Georgia Coffey, M.Ed., Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Management, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - "Planning, Measuring, and Reporting the Business Case for Diversity"

3. Michael Cushing, Senior Vice President, Resource and Information Management, Export-Import Bank of the United States - "Aligning Your HR Plan with Business Goals and Core Performance Measures"

4. Frank Guglielmo, Senior Vice President, Leadership and Organizational Development, Interpublic Group - "Focusing on Internal Talent Development"

5. Thomas A. Fentner, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administrative Services, HealthNow New York Inc. - "Driving Business Outcomes through Cultural Alignment"

6. Deborah J. Campbell, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Police - "Ensuring Employee Buy-In before Implementing New HR Policies"

7. Jennifer Fox Crisp, Chief Recruiting Officer, King & Spalding LLP - "Developing Hiring Strategies to Promote Growth"

8. Jodie Garfinkel, Director, Professional Personnel and Attorney Development; Vaughn Burke, Director, Human Resources; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP - "Responding to Evolving Market Conditions with a Flexible HR Strategy"

9. Don Davis, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Headway Corporate Resources - "Better Recruiting Strategies Result in Better Business Practices"

10. John M. Daniel, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, First Horizon Corporation - "Achieving Business Success through Strategic HR Partnerships"

11. Karla Gochenour, Vice President, Human Resources, Woodmen of the World - "The Power of HR Strategies to Change Corporate Culture"