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The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age

Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh

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    Armstrong lists this book among those he read in 2016 and says its central idea changed some hiring and retention work at Coinbase.
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Summary

Hoffman, Casnocha and Yeh propose an employment relationship built on mutual investment between a company and its people. They organize work into tours of duty with clear missions and benefits for both sides. The book also examines how employees’ contacts and company alumni networks can help a business learn and grow.

  • SourceThe Alliance — authors’ official book site · About the Book; tour of duty, network intelligence and alumni networks
  • SourceThe Alliance — licensed Harvard Business Press Google Books · Publisher description, contents and Bibliographic information; 2014 ISBN 9781625275776

Why read it Our view

Useful for making the promises between a company and an employee clear. Define the work to be done, the skills the person can gain and the results both sides expect, then revisit that agreement as their needs change.

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  • Reid HoffmanCo-authored
    An employment and talent book written with Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh.
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