The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today

by Jeanne C Meister, Karie Willyerd

Overview

From well-respected human resources and corporate training experts Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd, a must-read guide to the innovative strategies that the best companies are using to create a workplace that the best talent chooses—both today and in 2020. In The 2020 Workplace, Meister and Willyerd offer a battle plan to start winning tomorrow’s employees today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061992353
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/11/2010
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	997 KB

About the Author

Jeanne C. Meister is an internationally recognized thought leader, speaker, and author in enterprise learning. She is the author of Corporate Universities and Corporate Quality Universities, and her research has been profiled in such publications as the Chronicle of Higher Education, Chief Learning Officer, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review Japan, and the Financial Times. She is a cofounder of Future Workplace.

Karie Willyerd, as a vice president and chief learning officer for Sun Microsystems, led the American Society for Training and Development's top-ranked learning department in the world. She has also been a chief talent officer for a Fortune 200 company, as well as a head of learning and executive development in the defense and food industries. A cofounder of Future Workplace, she has been actively involved on the advisory board of a human resources think tank based at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. Together she and Meister blog for the Web site of the Harvard Business Review.

Editorial Reviews

The rapid pace of technological evolution has led to a sea change in the workplace. Older workers are staying in the workforce longer, while younger employees are coming in equipped with skills and expectations that set them apart from their predecessors. In order to harness the potential of the Millennial generation, employers are forced to change not just the way they attract and retain talent, but also many of the assumptions they've made about the way markets work. In this in-depth analysis of evolving corporate practices, Millennial expectations, and the future of international business, Meister and Willyerd offer thoughtful tips, the latest in corporate training, and advice for negotiating this new workforce. However, while seemingly targeted at a wide array of people, the information contained in 2020 Workplace will be of use largely to managerial or Human Resources personnel with a specific lack of understanding about the expectations of Millennials. While that's a fine target, readers not in that niche will feel like they're being told something they already know. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Provocative” — —Inc.

“Anyone interested in building a workplace comfortable to the upcoming connected and techie generation should find ideas worth exploring here. Highly recommended.” — —Library Journal (starred review)

“This book includes key information that all learning professionals need to create a successful talent management strategy and leverage the benefits of social media in the workplace...[C]omprehensive and forward-thinking.” — —Training and Development

“Meister and Willyerd offer thoughtful tips, the latest in corporate training, and advice for negotiating this new workforce.” — —Publishers Weekly

“Provocative and entertaining.” — —Miami Herald

“In their visionary and pragmatic book, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd equip you with the tools you need to attract the best people and help them do their best work. The battle for talent is more intense than ever; Meister and Willyerd show you how to win.” — —William C. Taylor; Founding Editor, Fast Company; Coauthor, Mavericks at Work

“How you behave will matter more than what you sell in the future, and your reputation will drive your success. If you expect to maximize employee productivity and have a strong enterprise in 2020, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd’s book is a must read.” — —Rob Quish, CEO JWT INSIDE and COO JWT North America

Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd are on their game in The 2020 Workplace. With their workforce and talent insights, as well as their pragmatic approach to getting started, they’ve created a North Star for organizations to use on their journey to winning better talent today. — —David Smith, managing director. Accenture; coauthor, Workforce of One

“Finally the imperatives for change are laid out in one spot, and a pragmatic roadmap for success is outlined. If you are dedicated to building healthy, productive next-generation organizations, you must read this amazing book.” — —Susan Burnett, Senior Vice President, Talent and Organization Development, Yahoo!

In The 2020 Workplace, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd share impressive research findings, tell compelling stories, and offer thought-provoking ideas that will become the basis for preparing to live in a global, technological, changing, and connected future. — —Dave Ulrich; Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group

“Meister and Willyerd have blazed a trail with The 2020 Workplace. With key insights on how to manage tomorrow’s workforce—one that is beginning to show up to work today—this book is a must read for all in our profession!” — —Matthew Peters, Chief Learning Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency

“The workplace is evolving faster than ever before, reinventing everything from how employees connect with an organization to how they learn, leverage information, and lead. Managers, don’t miss this opportunity to get a jumpstart the 2020 workforce before it’s too late. ” — —Lynne C. Lancaster, co-author of The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation is Rocking the Workplace

“The 2020 Workplace is a thought-provoking guide to the emerging workplace trends and how they will shape business in the future.” — —Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Professor of Education, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

“The 2020 Workplace provides tremendous insights, not only into the emerging workforce, but also into the changes that enterprises will have to make to effectively recruit, develop, and retain what will become increasingly scarce human resources.” — —Dr. Stanton D. Sloane, President and CEO, SRA International

What a fresh and forward-looking read. Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd have tackled recruitment, motivation, learning, and leadership in the new and evolving ‘connected world,’ and they have offered best practices and their own thoughtful approaches for companies and leaders to consider. — —John W. Gill, Vice President, Human Resources, Rolls-Royce Energy Systems

From the Publisher

Finally the imperatives for change are laid out in one spot, and a pragmatic roadmap for success is outlined. If you are dedicated to building healthy, productive next-generation organizations, you must read this amazing book.

Susan Burnett

This book includes key information that all learning professionals need to create a successful talent management strategy and leverage the benefits of social media in the workplace...[C]omprehensive and forward-thinking.

Training and Development

Provocative and entertaining.

Miami Herald

In The 2020 Workplace, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd share impressive research findings, tell compelling stories, and offer thought-provoking ideas that will become the basis for preparing to live in a global, technological, changing, and connected future.

Dave Ulrich; Professor

How you behave will matter more than what you sell in the future, and your reputation will drive your success. If you expect to maximize employee productivity and have a strong enterprise in 2020, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd’s book is a must read.

Rob Quish

In their visionary and pragmatic book, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd equip you with the tools you need to attract the best people and help them do their best work. The battle for talent is more intense than ever; Meister and Willyerd show you how to win.

William C. Taylor; Founding Editor

Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd are on their game in The 2020 Workplace. With their workforce and talent insights, as well as their pragmatic approach to getting started, they’ve created a North Star for organizations to use on their journey to winning better talent today.

David Smith

Provocative

Inc.

Provocative

Inc.

Provocative and entertaining.

Miami Herald

The workplace is evolving faster than ever before, reinventing everything from how employees connect with an organization to how they learn, leverage information, and lead. Managers, don’t miss this opportunity to get a jumpstart the 2020 workforce before it’s too late.

Lynne C. Lancaster

The 2020 Workplace provides tremendous insights, not only into the emerging workforce, but also into the changes that enterprises will have to make to effectively recruit, develop, and retain what will become increasingly scarce human resources.

Dr. Stanton D. Sloane

Meister and Willyerd have blazed a trail with The 2020 Workplace. With key insights on how to manage tomorrow’s workforce—one that is beginning to show up to work today—this book is a must read for all in our profession!

Matthew Peters

What a fresh and forward-looking read. Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd have tackled recruitment, motivation, learning, and leadership in the new and evolving ‘connected world,’ and they have offered best practices and their own thoughtful approaches for companies and leaders to consider.

John W. Gill

The 2020 Workplace is a thought-provoking guide to the emerging workplace trends and how they will shape business in the future.

Peter Cappelli

"The 2020 Workplace provides tremendous insights, not only into the emerging workforce, but also into the changes that enterprises will have to make to effectively recruit, develop, and retain what will become increasingly scarce human resources."

Doctor - Stanton D. Sloane

"In their visionary and pragmatic book, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd equip you with the tools you need to attract the best people and help them do their best work. The battle for talent is more intense than ever; Meister and Willyerd show you how to win."

Founding Editor - William C. Taylor

In The 2020 Workplace, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd share impressive research findings, tell compelling stories, and offer thought-provoking ideas that will become the basis for preparing to live in a global, technological, changing, and connected future.

Dave Ulrich

Anyone interested in building a workplace comfortable to the upcoming connected and techie generation should find ideas worth exploring here. Highly recommended.

Library Journal (starred review)

This is not your usual book on managing the next generation. Meister and Willyerd, cofounders of Future Workplace, describe a workplace that attracts and retains the "uber-connected" generation on the threshold of entering the corporate workforce and present an imaginative vision of the future. Themes of constant collaboration, ubiquitous connectedness, corporate responsibility, and global awareness are interspersed with abstract models for development in the workplace, concrete "first steps" for attracting and retaining talent, and real-life examples from early adopters of the 2020 Workplace model, primarily from the tech field. Anyone interested in building a workplace comfortable to the upcoming connected and techie generation should find ideas worth exploring here. Highly recommended.

Library Journal