The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (562 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1625275773 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. And your employees want the company to help transform their careers for the long term. Think of them instead as allies.As a manager you want your employees to help transform the company for the future. A New York Times BestsellerIntroducing 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. But this w
The concept of family is a powerful one, and describes how the best companies treat their people: with compassion and respect. The problem is that families are permanent--you can't fire your kids, no matter how many times they may forget to take out the trash. The paradox of the tour of duty idea is that acknowledging the fact that an employee can and might leave your company in the future improves your ability to construct a tour of duty that convinces him or her to stay. Now Hoffman and Casnocha (
Employment - an alliance, not a family fitzalling An easy, but useful, read. In my experience, most business books have about 30 pages of information that the author repeats 5 or 6 times to get to book length. This book isn't like that. It is actually useful.The authors attack the tired concept that a business is like a "family" by, in my opinion, more accurately analogizing the relationship to that of an alliance. The employer and employee are allies initially, and perhaps the alliance will continue for a long time, but the alliance will change with time. Indeed, the . "That is true in good times and in bad" according to Ian Mann. People with talent have more options. That is true in good times and in bad, for high-level skilled workers and for those with low-level skills. In almost every country in the world, staff can be “let go.” This can be a protracted process, or a simple one. If the company does not need or want you, your employment will be terminated.The employees are expected to be loyal and committed, and to work in the best interests of the company until they retire. This is despite the clear but rarely ever stated, underst. "'Harnessing the power of: skills, experience, & people productivity." according to Ivory Dorsey. The tsunami of change presents two choices: Whine or Work! Having spent my entire adult life engaged and intrigued with the workplace, I find this book to be full of power and possibility when it comes to 'harnessing the power of skills, experience, & people productivity.' Like anything else, it will only work if you do. I have shared three of my favorite take-a-ways for your consideration:(1)The Mind-set of employees, functional networking, & Corporate Alumni NetworksIT IS THE MIND-SET: A founder mind-set and a start-u