"There is a lot of practical wisdom in Sanjiv's book" ---Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Piramal Enterprises Ltd.
"The essence of Human Capital management superbly from the CEO's perspective" --- Rick Pudner, CEO, Emirates National Bank of Dubai (ENBD)
"It is a must read for all senior managers to effectively deal with management talent" --- Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video
"Comprehensive book without any academic overload ... right from the guts" --- Dr. Holger Hatty, Member of the Management Board, Swiss International Airlines
"Manages a bird's eye view, as well as a worm's eye view of human resources" --- Sunil Kant Munjal, JT Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp
"Management gems presented all together, so comprehensively and in plain English" --- Larry Borgard, President & CEO, Utilities, Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
"It would be a great handbook for the CEO's" --- Akhil Gupta, Deputy Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises
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Wit and wisdom pepper Sanjiv's Strategic Imperatives" --- Gita Piramal, author, Business Maharajas and Managing Radical Change
"Full of pragmatic ideas presented in a simple, readable style" --- Leena Nair, Executive Director-HR Hindustan Unilever & VP-HR South Asia
Testimonials from Industry Leaders
Preface
Part I : Strategic Imperatives
Chapter 1 : The Board and Human Capital
Chapter 2 : Have CEOs Turned into HR Managers?
Chapter 3 : The Never-Ending Challenge of Work-Life Balance
Chapter 4 : The Real HR Stuff for CEOs
Chapter 5 : Structure and Musical Chairs - For Whom did the Music Stop?
Chapter 6 : Restructuring and Living to Tell the Story
Chapter 7 : Driving Enterprise Performance
Chapter 8 : Driving Individual Performance
Chapter 9 : Identify and Take Care of the Rock Stars!
Chapter 10 : A Stock Option Program that Works
Chapter 11 : Dealing with Cultural Diversity - A Unique Middle East Challenge
Chapter 12 : Strategic Project Management
Chapter 13 : Role of the Strategy Management Office
Chapter 14 : It is Lonely at the Top
Chapter 15 : HR Management in Family Business
Chapter 16 : HR Challenges in a Merger Situation
Part II : Operational Stuff
Chapter 17 : An HR Department that Works!
Chapter 18 : Developing an HR Scorecard
Chapter 19 : Can Manpower Planning Work?
Chapter 20 : Innovative Fix for Hiring Challenges
Chapter 21 : Mentoring - Does It Sound Greek?
Chapter 22 : The Nightmare Called Training
Chapter 23 : I Just Called to Say Hello!
Chapter 24 : Taking Care of Happy Campers
Chapter 25 : Having a Great Off-site
Chapter 26 : Employee Ethics and Responsibilities
Chapter 27 : Setting up Your Firm's Oscars
Chapter 28 : Effective Sales Force Compensation
Chapter 29 : Managing Employee Exits
Conclusion
