Retaining Top Employees

A Complete Program for Creating an Appealing Work Environment--and Making Your Best Employees Want to StayEach day, the competition is out to steal your most talented employees. Your best defense is to create a total work experience so attractive that your brightest stars would never consider leaving. Retaining Top Employees focuses on the specific strategies and tactics you can use to create and sustain competitive advantage by increasing your company's attractiveness to both current and potential employees. This latest addition to McGraw-Hill's hands-on Briefcase Books series provides you with:Retention-focused new employee orientation guidelinesStrategies for targeting recognition programs to top performersCommunication techniques that effective managers must knowThe best managers understand that the contributions of excellent employees are what makes the difference between success and failure, and they take actions to retain those people. Retaining Top Employees shows you how to make employee retention an integral part of your organizational culture, creating a work environment that will not only attract but retain your industry's top people.Briefcase Books, written specifically for today's busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:Clear definitions of key terms, concepts, and jargonTactics and strategies for managing top talentInsider tips for creating and maintaining staff fulfillmentPractical advice for minimizing management mistakesWarning signs of things that could go wrong in retention initiativesStories and insights from the retention experiences of othersSpecific procedures, tactics, and techniques for following this book's adviceMcKeown, J. Leslie is the author of 'Retaining Top Employees' with ISBN 9780071387569 and ISBN 0071387560.