A diverse career extending over more than two decades that includes significant expertise ranging across seven languages combined with success in both academic and business environments. Early conc...mehr sehenA diverse career extending over more than two decades that includes significant expertise ranging across seven languages combined with success in both academic and business environments. Early concentration in the hospitality industry provided insight into leadership, management, and human resource development, and led to an advanced degree in Business and Behavioral Psychology. Consulting and Training in the Shared Service Industry presented a unique consulting opportunity; to delve into the functionality of the complete business cycle, and even more specifically, the critical order-to-cash cycle. That experience introduced targeted and deeper insight into the selection and development of the key resources necessary to the success of both public and private enterprises throughout Europe. The aggregate of these experiences resulted in a kernel that became the topic of a number of published articles promoting the rethinking of methodologies used to assess talent and talent management. The essence is captured in this book and provides guidance towards a common competency framework and the more practical and economically efficient utilization of human resources.weniger sehen