Beverly Kaye

More than a decade ago, a group of bestselling authors, thought leaders and management experts-among them Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly Kaye and Ken Shelton-met to share their defining moments on leadership with one another. So taken were they with each other's stories that an annual tradition of trading leadership secrets was established. A recurring truth emerged: great leaders seize the opportunity to learn, again and again. Learn Like a Leader brings together these remarkable stories of learning and provides a close look at how top leaders-including Jim Collins, Warren Bennis and Dave Ulrich-were able to grow their careers, overcome setbacks and soar to the top. Offering profound lessons from key learning moments in the lives and careers of the contributors, Learn Like a Leader conveys the power of storytelling in teaching, training and mentoring.

This new edition of the bestselling employee development classic includes advice on engagement and retention in today's more flexible employment environment, a new chapter on remote and hybrid work, and a deeper discussion of career development in your organization. Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. But most managers feel they just don't have time for it. This book offers a better way: frequent, short conversations with employees about themselves, their goals, and the business that can be integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business. Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; and point out where their organization and their industry are headed. The authors provide new assessments, worksheets, and a discussion guide to help employees and managers pull all of that together to create forward momentum.

An exciting new coaching and self-discovery tool that helps people discover the best career path possible from the bestselling authors of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, Bev Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni. This card deck is a flexible, multi-purpose tool for leaders who want to change the development conversations they have with their employees, and for anyone, at any level, who wants to think deeply about their career trajectory. The 56 cards share the most insightful questions leaders worldwide have been asked... or wish they had been asked. These questions touch on the state of the industry ("What do you predict will be the 'next big thing' in your field?), employees' jobs ("What one skill would help you be twice as effective?") and even their most personal aspirations ("When do you feel most alive?"). It will facilitate insights into how to approach development, build greater confidence, and change deeply entrenched development mindsets. There are dozens of ways you can use this deck. You can review the questions yourself and select the 7-8 that resonate with you - the ones you'd like to ask/answer. Or put the cards in a bowl in your office and invite employees to pick one when they come in... and use it as the basis for a short conversation. Distribute questions to team members with the assignment/invitation to prepare a 3 minute response at an upcoming meeting. And much more

The new edition of a bestselling classic, Help Them or Grow Watch Them Grow offers advice on talent retention for the modern gig economy and the evolving American workforce, now accompanied by an interactive card game and training videos Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. It's the sustainable competitive advantage that will distinguish the winners from the losers. Nevertheless, it's frequently back-burnered. When asked why, managers say the number one reason is that they just don't have time - for the meetings, the forms, the administrative hoops. But there's a better way. And it's surprisingly simple: frequent short conversations with employees about their career goals and options integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business. Beverly Kaye, coauthor of the bestselling Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, and Julie Winkle Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; point out where their organization and their industry are headed; and help them pull all of that together to design their own up-to-the-minute, personalized career plans. Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go is filled with practical tips, guidelines, and templates, as well as nearly a hundred suggested conversation questions. This new edition will also be released alongside an interactive Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go card deck to create organizational pathways for career development, and twenty-seven minutes of video trainings covering content, activities and practices in the book.

Over and over, managers hear employees asking, "Do I have a future here?" Many managers and leaders struggle with the fact that they simply cannot deliver vertical moves or promotions for every employee who wants or even deserves that option. Up Is Not the Only Way introduces the concept of flexibility and agility and the multiple ways employees can grow, learn, and build a career as the way to solve the problems of immobility and retention. Managers need the tools for building rich dialogue about career mobility and dynamic workplaces that demand resilient talent at all levels. The key is communicating effectively and comfortably around the topic of career options that span a spectrum of employee engagement. From those who are ready and want to move to those who are satisfied to stay right where they are, and even for those who have no idea what the next opportunity might be, this book provides a way through these tough conversations. Up Is Not the Only Way distills the solutions to complex issues involving engagement and retention in a simple and practical way.

Up Was Never for Everyone Move up or move out. When those two options appear to be the only ones, dissatisfaction grows and engagement suffers. In decades of studying careers around the globe, Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams, and Lynn Cowart have found that, in fact, there are more options. And rethinking career mobility can lead you to them The authors show how managers, coaches, and employees can partner to determine what's best and what's next. Keep the same job but discover new ways to learn and grow? Explore moving to a position that could be a better fit? Step back without getting derailed? This book encourages readers to take a ''kaleidoscope'' view-to be open to ever-shifting patterns of opportunities and possibilities-so they can create a unique, personalized path to a truly rewarding career.

Retaining top talent and making sure they feel engaged and appreciated is a perennial concern for every business. This is the fifth edition of the bestselling book on employee retention with over 600,000 copies sold globally.

Har du nogensinde spurgt dine værdifulde medarbejdere: “Hvad skal der til, for at du bliver her?”. Det virker som et meget enkelt og basalt spørgsmål, men fastholdelsessamtaler har en stor effekt, hvis du holder dem tidligt og hyppigt. Stiller du først spørgsmålet ved en fratrædelsessamtale, er det for sent. Fastholdelsessamtaler handler ganske enkelt om at tale med dine medarbejdere om, hvad der betyder mest for dem, og herefter samarbejde om at få det til at ske. Forfatterne har igennem 16 år undersøgt spørgsmålet: “Hvad får folk til at blive?”. Ledere, som har praktiseret at holde fastholdelsessamtaler, holdt dem tidligt og fulgt aktivt op på dem, har haft større succes med at holde på deres talentmasse og udvikle mere engagerede, dedikerede, loyale og produktive medarbejdere. Uden fastholdelsessamtalerne kan du blive ved med at spekulere over, hvad dine talenter mon egentlig gerne vil. Du håber, at dine talentfulde medarbejdere bliver så længe som muligt. Gode medarbejdere har altid valgmuligheder, og dine konkurrenter vil gerne have fat i dem. Hver fastholdelsessamtale er derfor en mulighed for at lære noget om og styrke relationen til din talentfulde medarbejder. Fastholdelsessamtaler - Undgå at miste din gode medarbejderer en brugervenlig bog, som er nem at slå op i, og som giver dig:• en bedre forståelse af, hvordan fastholdelsessamtaler fungerer• indsigt i, hvordan du kan forberede dig nemt og hurtigt til fastholdelsessamtaler• redskaber til at kunne håndtere svære medarbejderkrav på en mere effektiv måde• ideer til afholdelse af samtalerne i forskellige miljøer• forståelse for at nyde de løbende dialoger med de talentfulde medarbejdere i deres team. Bogen henvender sig til ledere med et stramt program og et konstant pres om at levere resultater. Den er også nyttig for rekrutteringsbureauer, der opsøger talenter på vegne af organisationer og herefter screener, interviewer og udvælger en passende profil.

Stay interviews prevent exit interviews! You can't afford to lose them. They're your stars and your solid citizens. You wonder if they're happy in your organization - and what might keep them there. To find out, you could: Conduct a survey - then try to guess who said what. Take note of their latest tattoos. Is your company logo among them? ...

Good employees are hard to find, and they can be easy to lose. But there's a simple tool every manager can use to ensure that star performers and solid contributors alike will feel energized, engaged, and excited - and that they will give you fair warning if they're unhappy. It's called the stay interview, and this book is the manager's definitive guide, written by the women who created the concept. The idea is simple: ask people how they like their jobs and what would keep them there. Worried that your talented people will want things you can't deliver, like more money or a big promotion? Kaye and Jordan-Evans have a simple four-step process for dealing with that. Feel just plain awkward about doing stay interviews? They explain how to create an atmosphere that will make the interview more comfortable and provide dozens of suggested questions and icebreakers, as well as tips for easing any performance anxiety you might feel. Think you don't have time? They offer all kinds of options for where, when, and how you can do stay interviews, from folding them into other business processes to doing them casually, like on a walk to get a cup of coffee. Stay interviews prevent exit interviews. They cost nothing, and the price of not doing them - in lost talent and time - can be huge. Now that you have the most practical, authoritative, soup-to-nuts guide available, you have no excuse. Just ask!

New Edition, Revised and UpdatedSince employees who walk out the door cost their companies up to 200 percent of their annual salaries to replace; retention is one of the most important issues facing businesses today. And with so many surveys reporting that employees are unhappy and not working up to their full potential, engagement is a second serious and costly issue. The latest edition of this Wall Street Journal bestseller offers twenty-six simple strategies - from A to Z - that managers can use to address their employees' real concerns and keep them engaged. The fifth edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes many more international examples, reflecting the fact that Love 'Em or Lose 'Em is available in twenty-two languages, from Albanian and Arabic to Thai and Turkish. Its message is truly one that spans continents and cultures.

Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. Nevertheless, it's frequently back - burnered. When asked why, managers say the number one reason is that they just don't have time - for the meetings, the forms, the administrative hoops. But there's a better way. And it's surprisingly simple: frequent short conversations with employees about their career goals and options integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business. Kaye and Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that have the power to motivate employees more deeply than any well - intentioned development event or process. These conversations will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; point out where their organization and their industry are headed; and help them pull all of that together to design their own up - to - the - minute, personalized career paths. Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go is filled with practical tips, guidelines, and templates, as well as nearly a hundred suggested conversation questions. Illuminated with stories, quotes, and the perspectives of real managers and employees, this book proves that careers are best developed one conversation at a time.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. In The Many Facets of Leadership, more than 40 top leadership experts share their insights on every aspect of leadership in the 21st century. This book brings together new ideas and techniques for leading change, promoting learning and innovation, handling complexity and crisis, overcoming blind spots, managing knowledge workers, coaching tomorrow's leaders, increasing value, retaining customers, and much more.