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Creating Value Through People
Discussions with Talent Leaders
(Author), M. Michele Burns (Foreword by)
9780470124154, Wiley
Hardback, published 13 February 2009
288 pages
23.1 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm, 0.499 kg
"Produced by Mercer, this text contains interviews of 20 human capital innovators from diverse backgrounds, including CEOs of Fortune 500 companies." (Book News, May 2009)
Practical guidance on how to empower people to do their best. Filled with stories by and fascinating interviews with human capital innovators, Making a Difference Through People provides practical guidance on how to empower people to deliver their best performance by employing their guiding principles. Offering relevant strategies and tactics, each interview is preceded by an introduction that provides a biographical recap and a brief discussion of each innovator. Mercer is the global leader for trusted HR and related financial advice, products and services. They work with clients at enhancing the financial and retirement security, health, productivity and employment relationships of the global workforce. M. Michele Burns is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mercer Prior to being named Chairman and CEO of Mercer, Ms. Burns held the position of Chief Financial Officer for MMC.
About the Authors ix Acknowledgments xi Foreword 1 Chapter 1 Mike Abrashoff 5 Chapter 2 Jan Fields 23 Chapter 3 Dr. Victor Fung 35 Chapter 4 Anne Ruddy 45 Chapter 5 Dr. Richard Boyatzis 59 Chapter 6 Robert Joy 71 Chapter 7 Joel I. Klein 83 Chapter 8 John Tyson 107 Chapter 9 Tom Kelley 121 Chapter 10 Simon F. Cooper 139 Chapter 11 Henri A. Termeer 157 Chapter 12 Gordon Bethune 179 Chapter 13 Linda A. Hill 191 Chapter 14 Billy Beane 199 Chapter 15 Micky Arison 207 Chapter 16 Linda Smith 213 Chapter 17 Ilene H. Lang 223 Chapter 18 Ron Sargent 235 Chapter 19 Jerry (Yoram) Wind 253 Chapter 20 Howard Behar 265
Former Comander, USS Benfold (Retired U.S. Navy)
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
Group Chairman of the Li & Fung Group of Companies
Executive Director, WorldatWork
Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Former Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Colgate-Palmolive Professor, Executive Masters in Human Resource Leadership Program, Rutgers University
Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
Chairman, Tyson Foods
Chief Executive Officer, IDEO
President, Chief Operating Officer, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
Chairman, President, and CEO of Genzyme Corp
Former Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Vice President and General Manager, Oakland Athletics Baseball Team
Chairman, CEO, Carnival Corporation
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Four-D College
President and CEO, Catalyst
CEO of Staples, Inc.
The Lauder Professor, The Wharton School Founder, Wharton School Publishing
Former President, Starbucks North America Former President, Starbucks International Member, Starbucks Board of Directors
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
