Future-Ready Talent - by Tania Lennon & Ric Roi

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Discover how to build a future-ready workforce that delivers business impact today and long-term resilience tomorrow.

Future-Ready Talent is a strategic guide for senior HR leaders, executives and business partners who must align talent pipelines with shifting organizational priorities. Written by experts from IMD Business School, it combines psychology, neuroscience, technology and academic research into a practical, evidence-based framework for securing the talent your business needs.

With a clear focus on the demands of a rapidly changing world of work, this book shows why traditional approaches to development are no longer sufficient and how leaders can adapt to build sustainable, future-proof capability. You'll discover how to:
- Redefine expertise, skills and knowledge in an AI-enhanced workplace
- Apply advanced talent assessment and psychometrics for smarter decisions
- Build diverse and inclusive talent pools that strengthen innovation
- Balance buy-versus-build strategies to accelerate capability development
- Manage succession planning across a multigenerational workforce

Packed with global case studies, tools and actionable models, Future-Ready Talent gives you the insight and confidence to design a workforce strategy that strengthens leadership pipelines, drives organizational performance and secures competitive advantage.

Themes: talent strategy, succession planning, workforce diversity, future skills, HR leadership and organizational resilience.

About the Author

Tania Lennon leads the Strategic Talent team for IMD business school. She is an expert on future-ready talent development, including innovative assessment methods to maximize the impact of talent development on individual and organizational performance. She is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Ric Roi is Affiliate Professor of Leadership and Organization at IMD business school. He is a senior business psychologist and an expert in top team effectiveness and strategic talent management solutions. Based in Singapore, Singapore, he has led advisory projects for clients in over 30 countries.