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Keeping Your Valuable Employees In todays business world, companies face fierce, unrelenting competition for their most valued employees. As the one responsible for finding and retaining the people who drive your companys success, you depend on your ability to develop innovative ways to keep those employees happy, motivated, and productive. But when job security is no longer the carrot, and employees possess nearly unlimited bargaining power, how do you perform such a tough assignment? This book focuses exclusively on this critical issue. Based on author Suzanne Dibbles extensive research and firsthand experience developing employee recruitment and retention programs for companies nationwide, Keeping Your Valuable Employees arms you with the knowledge and tools you need to plot a course through the turbulent waters of the new employment relationship. Taking a systematic approach, Dibble provides a compellingly astute vision of the twenty-first century employment paradigm and develops a framework for understanding how it applies to your situation. With the help of case studies recounting innovative recruitment and retention initiatives now underway at several leading North American companies, she describes cutting-edge strategies, tools, and techniques for hiring and retaining valued employees. Dibble also provides clear guidelines for combining these methods in a comprehensive plan tailored to your companys unique culture and goals. Crucial topics covered include:
- Recruitment and how to become an employer of choice
- Salary, benefits, recognition, and career development
- Work environment and policies
- Performance management
- Counteroffers
- Exit interviews
Addressing one of the most crucial challenges to twenty-first century human resources management, Keeping Your Valuable Employees is the professional resource you cannot afford to be without.
Synopsis
Ein Buch f r die Praxis Es setzt sich mit den wichtigsten Problemen auseinander, mit denen HR Manager von heute konfrontiert sind: Wie beh lt man wertvolle Mitarbeiter angesichts des unerbittlichen Wettbewerbs um qualifizierte Arbeitskr fte. Arbeitnehmer sind sehr verschieden und ebenso verschieden ist ihre Abgrenzung von Berufs- und Privatleben. Deshalb m ssen Unternehmen Bedingungen entwerfen, durchsetzen und gew hrleisten, die flexibel genug sind, die Besten zu verpflichten und auch zu behalten. Dieser Leitfaden liefert Ihnen Methoden und Techniken zur Bindung von Mitarbeitern und sagt Ihnen genau, wie das funktioniert. Anhand eines systematischen Ansatzes lernen Sie, das neue Arbeitsverh ltnis zu verstehen, richtig darauf zu reagieren und Hindernisse zu berwinden. (10/99)
Synopsis
Keeping the people who keep your business in business
Retaining valuable employees is one of the most important problems facing today's human resource manager. Suzanne Dibble takes a systematic approach to help you figure out how to understand and respond to the new employment relationship. This how-to book gives you:
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The Essential Guide to the Most Crucial Challenge Facing Twenty-First Century Human Resources Management "This book offers a practical, realistic approach to keeping the best employees. It draws on good theory and offers excellent advice." Dave Ulrich, Professor of Business, University of Michigan, and coauthor of Organizational Capability "Business owners who agonize over attracting and retaining employees will find a wealth of information. Suzanne understands how to apply todays best ideas in human resources management to businesses large and small." E. Jill Pollock, President, Pollock Consulting Group, Inc., and Chair, Small Business Association of Michigan "A two-year Gallup study found that companies with a positive workforce reported higher profits, productivity, and lower turnover. Every organization would like these results. Suzanne shares her human resources experience and provides hands-on tools for retaining those people who are key to an organizations success. It is an easy-to-read, practical guide for working with todays and tomorrows employees." Hunter A. Pickens, President, The Pickens Group, Ltd.
Synopsis
Keeping Your Valuable Employees In todays business world, companies face fierce, unrelenting competition for their most valued employees. As the one responsible for finding and retaining the people who drive your companys success, you depend on your ability to develop innovative ways to keep those employees happy, motivated, and productive. But when job security is no longer the carrot, and employees possess nearly unlimited bargaining power, how do you perform such a tough assignment? This book focuses exclusively on this critical issue. Based on author Suzanne Dibbles extensive research and firsthand experience developing employee recruitment and retention programs for companies nationwide, Keeping Your Valuable Employees arms you with the knowledge and tools you need to plot a course through the turbulent waters of the new employment relationship. Taking a systematic approach, Dibble provides a compellingly astute vision of the twenty-first century employment paradigm and develops a framework for understanding how it applies to your situation. With the help of case studies recounting innovative recruitment and retention initiatives now underway at several leading North American companies, she describes cutting-edge strategies, tools, and techniques for hiring and retaining valued employees. Dibble also provides clear guidelines for combining these methods in a comprehensive plan tailored to your companys unique culture and goals. Crucial topics covered include:
- Recruitment and how to become an employer of choice
- Salary, benefits, recognition, and career development
- Work environment and policies
- Performance management
- Counteroffers
- Exit interviews
Addressing one of the most crucial challenges to twenty-first century human resources management, Keeping Your Valuable Employees is the professional resource you cannot afford to be without.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-271) and index.
About the Author
SUZANNE DIBBLE is President of Professional Skills, Inc., a highly successful HR management consulting firm. Prior to founding Professional Skills, Inc., she was a human resources executive at Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.
Table of Contents
WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
Who Tore Up the Old Contract?
The New Contract.
As We Go Forward.
FOUNDATIONS OF RETENTION.
Retention Starts with...Job Descriptions, Recruitment, Selection, Orientation.
Retention Starts with Job Descriptions.
Retention Starts with Recruitment.
Retention Starts with Selection.
Retention Starts with Orientation.
MANAGING RETENTION.
Managing Retention.
Let's Talk about Money.
Development and Career Opportunity.
Work Environment.
Performance Management.
Work, Family, and Flextime.
Counteroffers: When We Are About to Lose Someone We Want to Retain.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
Becoming an Employer of Choice.
SURVEY RESEARCH.
Survey of Factors Influencing Employees to Stay With or Leave Their Employers.
OTHER RESOURCES.
Ten Rules for Effectively Not Retaining the Employees You Want to Keep.
Employee Satisfaction Survey: Taking the Measure of the Organization.
Employee Handbook.
Exit Interview.
Bibliography.
Resources.
Index.