Victory Through Organization

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Victory Through Organization: Why the War for Talent Is Failing Your Company and What You Can Do About It (2017) by Dave Ulrich, David Kryscynski, Wayne Brockbank, and Mike Ulrich challenges the conventional wisdom that attracting top talent alone drives business success—arguing instead that it’s how organizations amplify, integrate, and deploy talent collectively that matters most. Grounded in more than three decades of research—including the seventh round of the Human Resource Competency Study and data from over 30,000 global respondents—the authors uncover that organizational capability contributes up to four times more to performance than individual HR competencies . They offer a compelling shift: HR and business leaders should build strong systems, evolve HR departments, and cultivate collective culture to make individual talents flourish.

The book is structured around practical, evidence-based strategies. In Part 1, it diagnoses four currents elevating HR’s role—changing business contexts, accelerating pace, stakeholder demands, and shifting professional expectations. Following this, the narrative explains why departmental design, analytics, and integrated HR solutions are critical before diving into how HR professionals can become credible activists, strategic positioners, and paradox navigators. Finally, the authors present actionable roadmaps, including real-world tools and case studies, for transforming HR into a strategic engine that creates measurable business impact via organizational strength.

In summary, Victory Through Organization offers a paradigm-shifting prescription: for HR and business leaders to win in today’s complex environment, they must pivot from competing for individual talent to orchestrating talent as a coordinated force—creating sustainable value through collective organizational excellence.