The Talent Imperative: Inside the US Army's Talent Management Transformation

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-31245-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

The US Army faces an extraordinary people management challenge: managing more than one million service members worldwide who rotate through new roles every two to three years. For decades, the Army relied on a one-size-fits-all, Industrial Age personnel system that treated individuals as interchangeable parts. While effective in a previous era, this approach is increasingly misaligned with a strategic environment that demands adaptability, innovation, and speed. Recognizing that its legacy system was no longer sufficient, Army leaders undertook a rapid and far-reaching transformation to modernize how talent is identified, developed, and employed.

The Talent Imperative tells the inside story of this transformation. Written by leaders directly involved in designing and implementing these reforms, the book blends scholarly rigor with practical insight to explain the Army’s approach to talent management as a strategic source of competitive advantage. It examines how the Army’s “Triad of Talent”—a talent attribute framework, talent assessments, and talent markets—enhances the Army’s ability to place the right person in the right position at the right time, over time, while giving service members clearer ownership of career opportunities the Army values.

While grounded in the military context, the book speaks to a broad audience of scholars, practitioners, and students of human resource management, public administration, and organizational change. In an era defined by competition for talent, the Army’s experience offers transferable lessons for large organizations seeking to adapt their people systems in complex, high-stakes environments.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Lee

Arnold, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION – THE TALENT IMPERATIVE SECTION 1 – THE PEOPLE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 1 – THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 2 – PEOPLE ARE THE ARMY’S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE  SECTION 2 – KNOW YOUR PEOPLE CHAPTER 3: ESTABLISH A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR TALENT  CHAPTER 4: SEE YOUR PEOPLE’S TALENTS  CHAPTER 5: ASSESS YOUR PEOPLE – THE COMMAND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM CHAPTER 6: EMPLOY YOUR PEOPLE’S TALENTS CHAPTER 7: ALIGN YOUR PEOPLE’S TALENTS – TALENT BASED BRANCHING SECTION 3 – FOSTER YOUR PEOPLE’S POTENTIAL CHAPTER 8: COACH YOUR PEOPLE  CHAPTER 9: CAREER MAPPING SECTION 4 – FOSTER A PROFESSIONAL FORCE CHAPTER 10: CONTINUOUS INNOVATION  CHAPTER 11: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE APPENDIX: LIST OF ACRONYMS

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Robinson chairs the American Politics program at the United States Military Academy at West Point and served as a strategist for the Army Talent Management Task Force.

Michael Arnold served as the Deputy Director of the US Army Talent Management Task Force and is a Veteran Fellow with the Hoover Institution.