Winning the Talent Shift
Three Steps to Unleashing the New High Performance Workplace

Embrace a more diverse workforce and achieve unprecedented talent and creativity in your organization

The global marketplace has changed, and companies have found themselves struggling to hire and retain high-performing talent. Winning the Talent Shift: Three Steps to Unleashing the New High Performance Workplace explains how companies can overcome the three main barriers to their success and unlock the potential in today?s new workplace.  

Winning the Talent Shift envisions a world where companies are fully equipped to exceed the challenges posed by the new global marketplace. Celebrated author, consultant, and executive Berta Aldrich argues if companies want to achieve future success, they must redesign their talent strategy using three important steps proven to increase revenues, engage teams and leaders, and set companies on the path to industry leadership. 

Winning the Talent Shift leverages the latest empirical research, experiences from over 1,000 team members and executives, and leadership classes that have spanned the globe to candidly reveal actionable solutions to what is holding most companies back from high performance.  

Winning the Talent Shift will show how companies can: 

• Retain their high performers who produce 2-500% more than an average employee but are more likely to leave today?s organizations
• Select and retain the new, high performing leader. According to Gallup, great leadership is the #1 determinant of company success, but less than 25% of today?s leaders are considered great 
• Identify and develop women and people of color who can be exceptional leaders. Only 1 in 5 women hold C-suite roles today

Perfect for boards, C-suite, and aspiring male and female high performers, Winning the Talent Shift bravely shows how to recognize barriers, replace them with high performance attributes, and redesign the workplace to create the potential for sustainable growth and industry leadership for years to come.

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Reality – Why We Need a Shift

Chapter 1 What We’re Missing

Chapter 2 Confronting Corporate Reality

Chapter 3 The Barriers That Hold Back High Performers and Women

Part Two: Removing the Barriers

Chapter 4 Removing Pervasive Aggression and Inequity Tactics from Your Organization

Chapter 5 Removing Bad Bosses Who Underpromote Women and High Performers

Chapter 6 Removing the Promotion Dysfunction

Chapter 7 Removing Bullying from the Workplace

Chapter 8 Removing Bullies in the Workplace: The Narcissist

Chapter 9 Removing Bullies in the Workplace: The Politician

Chapter 10 Removing Bullies in the Workplace: Baiters

Chapter 11 Removing Illegal Tactics and Abuse in the Workplace

Part Three: Redesigning the Workplace

Chapter 12 How to Make the Shift

Chapter 13 – Identifying High Performers and High Potentials

Chapter 14  – Focus on a Five-Year Plan

Chapter 15  – Track and Communicate Your Success

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

BERTA ALDRICH is an expert in business strategy, leadership, talent development, and corporate team performance. Successful industry leading programs and teams under her leadership have been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, Boston Consulting Group, Greenwich & Associates, Conference Executive Board, and Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communications, for innovation, excellence, and leadership. She is the managing director at Private Advisor Group where she is responsible for corporate strategy, marketing, and human resources. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, she is a highly decorated leader, speaker, and marketer who has made it her life's mission to create workplaces that inspire high-performing teams that work together to achieve their greatest impact, in and outside the workplace.