About this item
The new edition of the bestselling employee development classic includes advice on engagement and retention in today's more flexible employment environment and a new chapter on creating a career development culture 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; point out where their organization and their industry are headed; and help them pull all of that together to create forward momentum.
About the Author
Beverly Kaye's name is recognized internationally as one of the most invested, knowledgeable and practical professionals in the areas of career development, employee engagement & retention, and mentoring. A dynamic and committed keynote speaker, Bev's presentations engage participants, stimulate learning and inspire action.
With her organization, Career Systems International, she has developed a powerful suite of talent solutions that continue to help organizations reduce costs associated with talent loss and underperformance.
She is the author of the first edition of Up Is Not The Only Way, an early book for HR professionals that launched the career development professional practice area. She is the co-author of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay, as well as Love It Don't Leave It and Hello Stay Interviews, Goodbye Talent Loss. Her latest book, Up is Not the Only Way (3rd Edition) , will be available September 2017.
