TY - BOOK AU - Savitz,Andrew W. AU - Weber,Karl TI - Talent, transformation, and the triple bottom line: how companies can leverage human resources for sustainable growth SN - 9781118238905 (epub) AV - HD30.255 .S28 2013 U1 - 658.4/083 23 PY - 2013/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint KW - Management KW - Environmental aspects KW - Personnel management KW - Sustainable development KW - Social responsibility of business N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part One: Transformation, Talent, and Human Resources -- 1. Transforming GE: Building a Sustainable Corporation from the People Up -- 2. Sustainability: The Global Challenge, the Business Opportunity, and the People Factor -- Part Two: From Traditional HR to Sustainable HR -- 3. Embedding Sustainability in the Workforce Life Cycle -- 4. Employee Selection and Sustainability -- 5. Career Development and Sustainability -- 6. Workforce Management and Sustainability -- 7. HR Deliverables and Sustainability -- Part Three: Organizational Development and Change: HR’s Role in Building Sustainable Companies -- 8. Sustainability and Organizational Capacity -- 9. Sustainability and Culture Change -- 10. How to Get Where You Want to Go: Sustainability and Organizational Change -- Part Four: Sustainability and Employee Engagement -- 11. How Sustainability and Engagement Can Transform Your Business -- Index N2 - Employees are central to creating sustainable organizations, yet they are left on the sidelines in most sustainability initiatives along with the HR professionals who should be helping to engage and energize them. This book shows business leaders and HR professionals how to: motivate employees to create economic, environmental and social value; facilitate necessary culture, strategic and organizational change; embed sustainability into the employee lifecycle; and strengthen existing capabilities and develop new ones necessary to support the transformation to sustainability. Talent, Transformation, and the Triple Bottom Line also demonstrates how leading companies are using sustainability to strengthen core HR functions: to win the war for talent, to motivate and empower employees, to increase productivity, and to enliven traditional HR-related efforts such as diversity, health and wellness, community involvement and volunteerism. In combination, these powerful benefits can help drive business growth, performance, and results ER -