Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Ripa Rashid

Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets (eBook, ePUB)

Why Women Are the Solution

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The war for talent is heating up in emerging markets. Without enough "brain power,” multinationals can't succeed in these markets. Yet they're approaching the war in the wrong way-bringing in expats and engaging in bidding wars for hotshot local "male” managers. The solution is hiding in plain sight: the millions of highly educated women surging into the labor markets of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the United Arab Emirates. Increasingly, these women boast better credentials, higher ambitions, and greater loyalty than their male peers. But there's a catch: Attracting and retaining talented women in emerging economies requires different strategies than those used in mature markets. Complex cultural forces - family-related "pulls,” such as daughterly duties to parents and in-laws, and work-related "pushes,” such as extreme hours and dangerous commutes - force women to settle for dead-end jobs, switch to the public sector, or leave the workforce entirely. In Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid analyze these forces and present strategies for countering them, including: . Sustaining ambition through stretch opportunities and international assignments . Combating cultural bias by building an infrastructure for female leadership (networks, mentors, sponsors) . Introducing flexible work arrangements to accommodate family obligations . Providing safe transportation, such as employer-subsidized taxi services Drawing on groundbreaking research, amplified with on-the-ground examples from companies as diverse as Google, Infosys, Goldman Sachs, and Siemens, this book is required reading for all companies seeking to strengthen their talent pipeline in these rich and expanding markets.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard Business Review Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781422142677
• Artikelnr.: 49604884

Autorenporträt

Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: In Plain Sight
Part I: The Changing Face of Talent
1: Unprecedented Advantages
2: Tripwires and Challenges
Part II: The Markets
3: Brazil
4: Russia
5: India
6: China
7: United Arab Emirates
Part III: Action Agenda
8: Becoming a Talent Magnet
9: Claiming and Sustaining Female Ambition
10: Dealing with Pulls and Pushes
Conclusion: The Leapfrog Opportunity

Rezensionen

Hewlett and Rashid make a powerful case that companies keen to recruit and develop these women should help them manage specific challenges they face, such as safety when travelling or responsibility for the care of ageing relatives... the book offers useful lessons in how big business can do better." BusinessDay

In Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets , [Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid ] debunk the stereotypes of the oppressed Arab woman, the bikini-clad Brazilian, the Bollywood heroine, and the adoring Asian wife, and focus instead on well-educated women determined to achieve in their careers." Global Business and Organizational Excellence

...this book is a fascinating examination of the lives of women in these very complex and fast-changing societies, and should appeal to anyone interested in attracting and keeping women employees who have different cultural and personal pulls than their male counterparts in every society." Jack Covert, 800 CEO READ

I highly recommend the thought provoking and well researched book...to any business leaders who are actively recruiting and hiring talented employees in the developing world. This book demonstrates the competitive advantage that any company will discover by hiring and retaining the highly educated and ambitious women of the emerging economies." Wayne Hurlbert, Blog Business World