End of the Job Description

Dr Tim Baker is an international consultant and Director of Winners-at-Work Pty Ltd. Winners-at-Work is a consultancy that specialises in leadership development, change management and assisting managers to develop productive workplace cultures. In 2013, Tim was voted one of the 50 Most Talented Global Training & Development Leaders by the World HRD Congress. He has conducted over 2,430 seminars, workshops and keynote addresses to over 45,000 people in 11 countries across 21 industry groups.

"From one of today's most influential HR experts, The End of the Job Description introduces a revolutionary new approach to work roles. As if that weren't enough, Tim Baker also provides you with the performance indicators and measurements you'll need to establish this re-invention of work within your organization!" -Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times and Wallstreet Journal #1 Best Seller Triggers "In his drive to bring about strategic and operational change in traditional HR management tools, Tim Baker now takes a look at job descriptions. I especially like his idea to focus on performance by characterizing the work as a series of roles, each with its own set of KPIs. It makes sense to re-shape this key document so that it is comprehensive and serves its many purposes well. The book includes plenty of detail that can help readers to implement change." -Rosanna Nadeau, Principal/Consultant, PRISM PERSPECTIVES GROUP LLC 'Tim Baker offers an important shift in thinking about how organizations define the behaviors their people need to succeed. Tim gives readers a practical toolkit for aligning behaviors with the vision, mission and values of a business, and then developing, refining and quantifying the skills that matter. These simple truths can become a powerful step change for businesses.' -Ian Hamilton, Managing Director, Carroll Consulting Group

• IntroductionPART I: JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO ROLE DESCRIPTIONS 1. Role Descriptions: The Next Generation2. A New Definition of Work Performance3. The Job Description and the Traditional Employment Relationship4. The Job Description and New Employment RelationshipPART II: NON-JOB ROLES5. The Rising Importance of the Non-job Role 6. The Positive Mental Attitude and Enthusiasm Role7. The Team Role8. The Career Role9. The Innovation and Continuous Improvement RolePART III: IMPLEMENTING ROLD DESCRIPTIONS 10. Strategies to Formulate Role Descriptions11. Evaluating the Performance of Non-job Roles12. Bringing it all Together: the Performance Management Framework