Description: This volume addresses the pressing issue of labor shortages by exploring how businesses can tap into underutilized talent pools, specifically refugees, individuals with disabilities, and the formerly incarcerated. The book presents case studies from ten diverse companies -- including a global tech firm, a major hospital, and a small painting company -- that have successfully integrated these marginalized groups into their workforce.
Brief description: For more than 30 years, author, speaker, and consultant Dr. David DeLong, has helped leaders implement practical solutions to address critical skill shortages and improve knowledge retention in a fast-changing, technology-driven economy. Today, David focuses solely on helping organizations tap into the underutilized talent pools described in this book. As an author, David is also known for his widely-praised book, Lost Knowledge: Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce (Oxford University Press). He co-authored The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management (McGraw-Hill) and also wrote Graduate to a Great Job: Make Your College Degree Pay Off in Today's Market.A veteran researcher, David has spent over two decades studying the strategic impacts of changing workforce demographics and knowledge loss on organizational performance. He served on the research staff at both MIT's Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School and taught "Managing Organizational Change" as an adjunct professor at Babson College. He has consulted with and spoken for many organizations such as Microsoft, MasterCard, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Kraft Foods, Lockheed Martin, The Conference Board, American Organization of Nurse Executives, Council of Manufacturing Associations, Michigan Works, and the Council of State Chambers. His work has been widely cited in The New York Times, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review blog, and CIO magazine. David holds a master's in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a doctorate in organizational behavior from Boston University's Questrom School of Business.
Review Quotes:
I loved this book! Its resources and the stories can go a long way helping businesses like mine access the hidden talent we need to grow. I can't wait to share this with my partners, colleagues and friends who continually struggle to find talent. -John Konsin, Co-founder & CEO, Prapela, Inc.
"Based on the actual experiences of employers, DeLong's highly readable work covers a host of opportunities for those seeking talent from refugees, to the neurodiverse to the justice impacted." -Jeffrey Korzenik, economist and author of "Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community."
"This book is fantastic! It will make a huge difference for companies, challenged individuals and their families." -Dr. Ivan Rosenberg, founder and president, The Uniquely Abled Project
"Hidden Talent shows creative ways to reinvent your culture so it serves everybody by sustaining high performance while also meeting the needs of individual employees. -John Cain, CEO, Scot Forge
"This book reveals how great partnerships and innovative leaders can benefit from employing new arrivals eager to enter the US workforce." -Jeff Thielman, CEO, International Institute of New England