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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

The essence of the book is captured in the quote by Robert Eckert, former Mattel CEO: “As you go to work, your top responsibility should be to build trust.” It is one of the top selling business books of all time and a favourite among CEOs. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). By Jim Collins.

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Coaching for Behavioral Change

Marshall Goldsmith

When the steps in the coaching process described below are followed, leaders almost always positive behavioral change – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key stakeholders. I have personally worked with several of the world’s leading CEOs. He was later recognized as the CEO of the Year in the United States.

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Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program

Harvard Business Review

Women remain underrepresented in most high-level positions: They account for less than 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs, less than 15% of executive officers, and less than 20% of full professors in the natural sciences. diversity training and diversity evaluations) were not followed by increases in diversity. Diversity Gender Human resources'

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.