The New York Times Bestelling guide for managers and executives.
Introducing the new, realistic loyalty pact between employer and
employee.
The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a
seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term
employment no longer works in a business environment defined by
continuous change, but neither does a system in which every employee
acts like a free agent.
The solution? Stop thinking of employees as either family or as free
agents. Think of them instead as allies.
As a manager you want your employees to help transform the company for
the future. And your employees want the company to help transform their
careers for the long term. But this win-win scenario will happen only if
both sides trust each other enough to commit to mutual investment and
mutual benefit. Sadly, trust in the business world is hovering at an
all-time low.
We can rebuild that lost trust with straight talk that recognizes the
realities of the modern economy. So, paradoxically, the alliance begins
with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the
company, and with employees being honest about their own career
aspirations.
By putting this new alliance at the heart of your talent management
strategy, you'll not only bring back trust, you'll be able to recruit
and retain the entrepreneurial individuals you need to adapt to a
fast-changing world.
These individuals, flexible, creative, and with a bias toward action,
thrive when they're on a specific "tour of duty"--when they have a
mission that's mutually beneficial to employee and company that can be
completed in a realistic period of time.
Coauthored by the founder of LinkedIn, this bold but practical guide for
managers and executives will give you the tools you need to recruit,
manage, and retain the kind of employees who will make your company
thrive in today's world of constant innovation and fast-paced change.
