401 Proven Ways to Retain Your Best Employees - Softcover

Gregory P. Smith

9780967684352: 401 Proven Ways to Retain Your Best Employees

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967684358 ISBN 13: 9780967684352

Publisher: CYC Publications, 2007

As the economy is improving, businesses are again placing major importance on employee retention. Money and benefits are important, but the majority of people leave for other reasons and most of those reasons are preventable. The author has spent 10 years interviewing and researching best practices that not only lead to high retention, but also help people become productive as possible. This book provides tons of practical advice, tips, case studies, suggestions, and examples from a wide range of businesses and industries. Unique from other books on the market today, this book provides tried and true practices that will quickly transform your place of business. The book is divided into eight sections, each focusing on a key element of employee retention. This is a great resource for organizational leaders and managers who need practical ideas that can be applied quickly. No matter what industry you work in, this book provides solutions to attract and retain your best employees and help you become an employer of choice.

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About the Author:

Greg Smith is the founder and Lead Navigator of Chart Your Course International Inc. As a business strategist, he helps executives and business owners accelerate individual and organizational performance and navigate through increasing rates of change. He helps design strategies and processes to grow organizations and implements business initiatives creating clearer direction, increased profitability, stronger executive teams, improved communication and happier and more productive employees. He has addressed organizations in 26 countries. Some of his clients include Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners and the Fortune magazine's Top 100 Best Places To Work. Greg worked for the Army Surgeon General as a senior consultant responsible for quality management and strategic planning for the entire U.S. Army Medical Department. In addition, he served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest honor for business excellence presented by the President of the United States. Smith believes the pen is mightier than the sword. He has written and published over 350 articles and nine books including his latest, Fired Up! Leading Your Organization to Achieve Exceptional Results. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including Bloomberg Business News and PBS television. He has received many awards and honors including being listed in Harvard University's Profiles in Business and Management: An International Directory of Scholars and Their Research. The Human Resource Executive magazine selected him as one of the nation s Top 10 Rising Stars in Human Resource Management. Other awards include the Legion of Merit from the U.S. Army, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and the Eagle Scout award. He is listed in the Who's Who of Professional Speaking, and holds both a B.S. degree from North Georgia College and State University and an M.S. degree in Human Resource Management from Troy State University.

Review:

This valuable book entails years of experience discovering ways to retain your valuable employees. More good ideas than I can count from Greg Smith-- the expert on the subject. --Gene Griessman, uthor of "Lincoln On Communication"

There is no need to search other books and articles on employee retention--it is all here. Greg has distilled it all into a simple, easy approach to transforming your workplace and keeping your best employees. Read it and use it! --Ed Oakley, CEO, Enlightened Leadership Solutions

If you want to retain your employees and not lose them to the competition, this book is for you. Crammed with great tips and advice -- this book should be on the best-sellers list and on every organizational leader's desk. --Chuck Tolleson, DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company

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