In 1978, The Who released their album title track “Who Are You” that went from a #1 hit back then to the theme song for a #1 hit TV show today. In our life, for ourselves, we need to determine the answer not only to the question, “Who Are You”, but we need to know the answer to “Who You Think You Are”. As a manager, you need to know both answers about yourself, but you need to know the same things about the people you manage. How do you answer both of these questions??
“Keeping Top Talent Has Employers Worried” was the lead article in the Business Section of Sunday’s Houston Chronicle. For the last few years, great talent has had a “hunker down” mentality in many businesses just to survive the recent turndown. With signs of an improving economy, a lot of this great talent is looking for better opportunities. The article below provides six steps to becoming an Employer of Choice, a place where great employees are attracted to work and turnover is low. Do you want to become an Employer of Choice??
The more you understand about a person’s aptitudes, behaviors and interests, the more effectively you can manage and motivate.
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