Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them
Claudio Fernandez Araoz





Format: Hardcover, 304pp.
ISBN: 9780470037263
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: May 25, 2007

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An insider’s guide to finding the right person for the right job–every time

Great People Decisions is an expert’s guide to helping managers and human resources professionals improve their competence and success at finding, assessing, attracting, and integrating great people, whether through external hiring or internal promotion. Anyone can fill a position; the real trick is to find the right person to fill that position, do an excellent job, and go on to achieve the kind of personal and professional success that helps the organization as well as the individual. Great People Decisions argues that filling every position with the perfect person for the job leads to organization-wide success. Executive search consultant Claudio Fernández-Aráoz offers his expert insight into every aspect of the search for great people–from casting a wide net when searching for candidates (inside and outside of the organization) to avoiding emotional traps when interviewing candidates.


About the Author

Claudio Fernández-Aráoz is a partner and member of the global executive committee of one of the world’s largest executive search firms, Egon Zehnder International. His articles have appeared in the MIT Sloan Management Review, Global Agenda, and the Harvard Business Review, for whom he wrote the bestselling "Hiring Without Firing."


Table of Contents

	Introduction: The make-or-break choice
1	Great People Decisions: A Resource For You
2	Great People Decisions: A Resource For Your Organization
3	Why Great People Decisions Are So Hard
4	Knowing When A Change Is Needed
5	What To Look For
6	Where To Look: Inside And Out
7	How To Appraise People
8	How To Attract And Motivate The Best People
9	How To Integrate The Best People
10	The Bigger Picture
	Appendix A: The Value of Investing in People Decisions
	Appendix B: Selected Bibliography on Assessment Methods
	Notes

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