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Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, Third Edition: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Still Want
Bigger and even more helpful than before, 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 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.
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 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.
184 pages, Paperback
Published September 24, 2024
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Beverly Kaye
50Ìýbooks22ÌýfollowersFounder and Chairwoman of Career Systems International, Dr. Beverly Kaye is an international bestselling author and a leading authority in the world of modern workplace performance. She has dedicated her life’s work to helping individuals and organizations grow in a workplace that fosters greater commitment, fulfillment, and humanity.
Beverly Kaye and the CSI team provide cutting-edge and award-winning talent development solutions primarily to Fortune 1000 companies. Her work and research are distinguished and widely recognized for helping others discover greater meaning in their work and gain greater control over their career destinies.
Dr. Kaye completed her graduate work at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and holds her doctorate from UCLA.
Beverly Kaye and the CSI team provide cutting-edge and award-winning talent development solutions primarily to Fortune 1000 companies. Her work and research are distinguished and widely recognized for helping others discover greater meaning in their work and gain greater control over their career destinies.
Dr. Kaye completed her graduate work at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and holds her doctorate from UCLA.
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August 31, 2024
8/10
I am not a fan of most business books. This one is different.
Most business books have a solid first 40 pages and then 160 pages of fluff so that it can be sold as a book.
Help Them Grow doesn’t try to do that. It’s a relatively short book (about 140 pages) - primarily because the authors had 140 pages of value and didn’t need to add any fluff to it all.
Their focus is on why managers should proactively support their employees and the tactics to do so.
The reason I like this book so much is because it is needed more than most people think.
I am an executive coach for leadership teams at midsize to Fortune 500 companies and one of the most widespread issues is the lack of effort that goes into to helping employees grow. The mindset of most managers is that employees should just do their work and do it better. But the reality is that in order for people to do better work they need to be motivated and the way for them to be motivated is to know that somebody is helping them achieve their personal goals.
Here’s the bottom line: if you manage people, read this book. Period. Full stop.
I am not a fan of most business books. This one is different.
Most business books have a solid first 40 pages and then 160 pages of fluff so that it can be sold as a book.
Help Them Grow doesn’t try to do that. It’s a relatively short book (about 140 pages) - primarily because the authors had 140 pages of value and didn’t need to add any fluff to it all.
Their focus is on why managers should proactively support their employees and the tactics to do so.
The reason I like this book so much is because it is needed more than most people think.
I am an executive coach for leadership teams at midsize to Fortune 500 companies and one of the most widespread issues is the lack of effort that goes into to helping employees grow. The mindset of most managers is that employees should just do their work and do it better. But the reality is that in order for people to do better work they need to be motivated and the way for them to be motivated is to know that somebody is helping them achieve their personal goals.
Here’s the bottom line: if you manage people, read this book. Period. Full stop.
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