Leadership at Home Depot for Competitive Advantages
Assignment #1 Chap 17 They Can Do It! You can help! A look
at Talent
Practices at the Home Depot.
1. Discuss how the leadership at Home Depot intended to use
its organizational
talent to gain a competitive advantage in the Do It Yourself
industry.
2. Discuss the key channels that Home Depot developed for
recruiting talent.
3. Discuss the critical programs used by Home Depot to keep
talent in their pipeline.
4. Discuss three lessons learned by Home Depot related to
talent management.
The format of the report is to be as follows:
References:
Silzer, R., & Dowell, B. (2010). Strategy-driven talent
management: A leadership imperative. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Goldsmith, M., & Carter L. (2010). Best practices in
talent management: How the worldâ??s Leading corporations manage, develop, and
retain top talent. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
