Linkage, Inc.'s Best Practices in Organization and Human Resources Development Handbook is a collaborative work that includes 17 OD/HRD systems from the world's foremost organizations including Boeing, Westinghouse, Dow Corning, Xerox, Johnson & Johnson, Sun Microsystems, ServiceMaster, Nortel Networks, Kraft Foods, and Media One. The handbook covers five of the hottest management topics organization development & change, leadership development, recruitment & retention, performance management, and coaching & mentoring. OD/HRD case studies include models, tools, assessments, training, and a full breakdown of the change process. The book includes contributions from top organization and human resources development experts such as Richard Beckhard, Warner Burke, Jay Conger, Bev Kaye, Ed Lawler, and John Sullivan.
Louis Carter is CEO and President of Best Practice Institute, an association and management consulting firm specializing in helping organizations and C-suite senior executives achieve their market strategy through organization learning, action learning, and HR SaaS software. He is the creator of bestpracticeinstitute.org, a social networking, learning and benchmarking platform providing immediate access to industry companies, on-demand learning and senior executives executives, alongside its skillrater.com, a next generation SaaS anytime 360-degree tool using social collaboration, a top HR Product of the year by Human Resources Executive Magazine. Author of nearly a dozen books on best practices and organizational leadership. Published by Jossey Bass/John Wiley and Sons, they include Change Champions, Best Practices in Talent Management, Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change and Leading the Global Workforce.