Publisher's Synopsis
This short read is essential if you care about creating more value in your business or in advancing your own career. Using the 8 Value Drivers as a framework this book provides easy-to-understand concepts and offers pragmatic advice for solving mercurial HR quandaries. What if employees believed that adding value for the company was the pathway to their own career advancement? What if managers and executives believed that career advancement for employees was the pathway to increasing company value? In other words, what if it turned out shareholders, managers and employees all wanted exactly the same thing? This book is a theoretical model that aims to shift the HR paradigm from "fluffy thinking" to value creation; directly linking employee value to company value, and career advancement for employees to increased returns for shareholders. As such, it is an indispensable guide for managers and business owners seeking to increase returns, for employees seeking advancement, and for busy HR professionals caught in the middle. In short, it is the unifying theory of Human Resources.
