Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace With Today's Nontraditional Workforce
By (Author) Cathleen Benko
By (author) Anne Weisberg
Harvard Business Review Press
Harvard Business Review Press
21st August 2007
United States
General
Non Fiction
658.3124
Hardback
230
Width 162mm, Height 241mm
515g
Far-reaching changes in attitudes and family structures have been redefining the workforce for more than two decadesyet the workplace has remained much the same. During this time, many companies have learned that personalizing the customer experience is good for business. In Mass Career Customization, the authors argue convincingly to extend this popular and profitable concept to the workplace.
This book is centered on the powerful insight that career options in todays economy need to accommodate the rising and falling phases of employee engagement as it changes over time. The remarkable process unveiled in this book offers choices involving four important dimensions of career progression: role; pace; location and schedule; and workload.
As the working population shrinks, maintaining industry advantage will depend largely on keeping employees engaged and connected. Mass career customization provides a framework for organizational adaptability that will do just that.
Cathleen Benko is Deloitte's Managing Principal of Talent and Lead Client Service Principal for a major technology client. She previously authored Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects and Objectives in Unpredictable Times. Anne Weisberg is a senior adviser to Deloitte's Women's Initiative.