The Strategic Talent Management Architect: A New Framework for Understanding Organizational Effectiveness

Businesses in many ways are comparable to machines. To operate, they require a prime source of power. We assert that leadership and human capital power the business machine. As such, talent becomes the primary driver of organizational effectiveness.

In this paper, we present a new framework for examining organizational performance and success. We begin with a general overview of the theoretical literature on organizational effectiveness. We then propose a new model for conceptualizing what advances an organization from "good to great." Finally, we discuss implications of this model for assessing and changing talent management strategies and practices.