Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Retaining and Engaging Today's Talent

Brainpower remains a key differentiator in today's competitive markets. The organizations with the best talent win. In the midst of a slow economy and a take-no-prisoners stock market, attracting, recruiting, hiring, retaining and engaging top talent can make or break any organization. With a labor shortage expected to hit 10 million workers by 2010, and a large percentage of the labor force eligible to retire in the next decade and demand for knowledge talent expected to outweigh supply by 20% through 2005, talent management remains one of management's highest priorities. Today's leaders must manage the scarce commodity called talent to sustain their competitive edge.

This presentation will define engagement as capturing employees' minds and hearts at each stage of their work lives. To be fully engaged requires emotional involvement in the work, leading to increased productivity, higher customer satisfaction, and greater profits.

Engaged employees bring value to organizations, improve the organization's competitive position and reap personal rewards from the work they do. Their engagement, commitment and loyalty are a result of being challenged, appreciated, heard and respected.

Disengaged employees are the psychological casualties of talent mismanagement; employees who leave are the physical casualties. Both drain the organization of the brainpower and commitment that is vital to ensuring productivity and profitability.

Finding and keeping talent are critical elements of an organization's ability to improve profitability, manage costs, grow by acquisition, innovate, develop new products and services, and uncover new markets. Clearly, only a talent-focused culture can successfully compete in these areas. Every one of these business strategies requires keeping talent engaged and on the team.

This presentation will provide you with the compelling facts as well as some actions so you can engage, develop and retain the employees you so need to survive.

Presenters and Panelists

Beverly Kaye
Founder and CEO
Career Systems, International

Beverly Kaye is one of the nation's leading authorities in career issues in the workplace. A dynamic and committed keynote speaker, Bev's presentations engage participants, stimulate learning and inspire action. Her ground breaking career development, talent retention, workplace satisfaction and mentoring programs have been implemented by such leading corporations as American Express, AT&T, Compaq, DaimlerChrysler, Fifth Third Bank, Hartford Life, Macy's, Marriott International, Microsoft, Nortel, Sears, Sprint, Starbucks, and Xerox. Beverly is the founder and CEO of Career Systems International in Scranton , PA.

Bev has spent years researching corporate strategies for developing, engaging and retaining knowledge workers. Her book, Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay, (Berrett-Koehler, 2001) co-authored with Sharon Jordan-Evans, has sold over 300,000 copies, is printed in 16 languages and has reached Wall Street Journal and Amazon best seller status. Learning Journeys (Davies-Black, 2001), edited by Dr. Kaye, is a collection of essays from top management experts. Her new book, Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work (Berrett-Koehler, 2003), also a WSJ best seller, is designed to put job satisfaction in the hands of the employee.

In the early '80's, Dr. Kaye first published her now classic book, Up is NOT the Only Way (revised, Davies-Black, 1997), which foresaw the effects of leaner and flatter organizations on individual careers.

During the last two decades, she has worked with a host of organizations to establish career development systems and coaching interventions. At the same time, she has been a strong proponent of the need for employees to manage their own careers.

Dr. Kaye has received many honors and awards, Including the National Career Development Award of the American Society for Training and Development. She has received the ASTD Best Practice Award for work with clients: Bechtel, Chevron, Dow Corning, and First USA.

Dr. Kaye is frequently interviewed in the media on career issues, and has been extensively quoted in such national media as The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, Fortune, Industry Week, Inc., and many others.

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