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TALENT MANAGEMENT…CREATING A CLIMATE OF ACHIEVEMENT & RETENTION

Dr. Maynard BrusmanConsulting Psychologist & Executive CoachTrusted Advisor to Leadership TeamsWe help companies assess, select, coach, and retain emotionally intelligent leaders 2-13-2007 © Copyright 2007 Working Resources

Our Goals for Today

o Review Benchmark of Organizational Emotional Intelligence Survey (BOEI)

o Focus on RINA’S Future –The Visiono Master Personal Changeo Role-play Limiting Thoughts &

Behavior Change Skillso LOVE ‘EM OR LOSE ‘EM:

Retaining Talented Employees

What You Will Learn Today

o How You Contribute to the Organizational Climate

o Strategies to Change Core Beliefs and Interpersonal Behavior

o Increase the Performance and Retention of your People

o Create a Climate of Achievement & Retention

Win the War For Talent

o The most important resource over the next 20 years will be talent

o Companies must attract and retain energetic, motivated, technologically literate, globally astute, & learning agile people

o Talent has become more important than capital, strategy, or R&D

The War for Talent

o High cost of turnovero Shrinking labor poolo Competitive pressureo The business advantage of hiring

and retaining great people whose values and competencies match the company’s culture

Strategic Talent Management

o Selection, development, promotion, and retention of people executed in line with your organization’s current and future business goals

“Men judge more from appearances than reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. Everyone sees your exterior, but few can discern what you have in your heart”.Machiavelli, The Prince, 1532

HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE PEOPLE?

o Provide recognition of good performance any time it’s encountered

o Enable employees to find meaning in their work

o Create a compelling visiono Provide interesting worko Develop a collaborative and team-based

culture

GIVING FEEDBACK

o Learned and part of firm’s cultureo Everyone’s responsibilityo Balance positive and negative

feedbacko Focus on specific examples of

behavioro Timelyo Contracting

COACHING

o Providing and clarifying directiono Encouraging the development of

performance goalso Giving feedback and listeningo Motivatingo Removing barriers and providing

resources

RECEIVING FEEDBACK

o Welcome feedbacko Proactive in seeking feedbacko Be open to changeo Listen to feedback from everyoneo Multi-rater 360-degree feedback

Emotional Intelligence is the ability to…

o recognize our own feelings and those of others, motivate ourselves, and manage emotions well in ourselves and in our interpersonal relationships

RESEARCHo Up to 90% of the difference between

outstanding and average leaders is linked to emotional intelligence. EQ is twice as important as IQ and technical expertise combined, and is four times as important in overall success

o Research by the Center for Creative Leadership found the primary cause of derailment in executives involves deficits in emotional competence1. Change 2. Teamwork 3. Interpersonal Relations

WHY DEVELOP EMOTIONAL INTELIGENCE?

o More than 50% of employees lack the motivation to keep learning and improving

o Four in 10 people cannot work cooperatively

o 70% of all change initiatives fail because of people issues – inability to lead, lack of teamwork, unwillingness to take initiative, and inability to deal with change

Hay Group

EQ vs. IQ

o EQ is the ability to bring people together and motivate them

o EQ is the trust to build productive relationships

o EQ is the resilience to perform under pressure

o EQ is the courage to make decisionso EQ is the strength to persevere through

adversity

EQ vs. IQ

o EQ is the vision to create the futureo EQ is a skill. Skills can be learnedo Employees in an emotionally

intelligent company empowered to contribute fully

o Emotionally intelligent organization creates innovative products & services, and exceptional customer loyalty

Five Competencies of Emotional Intelligence at Work

o Self-Awareness-Ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions, and drives, as well as their effect on others

o Self-Regulation-Ability to control impulses and moods

o Motivation-Passion to pursue goals with energy

o Empathy-Awareness of others’ feelings

o Social Skill-Proficiency in managing relationships

The Peter Principle and EQ

o People are frequently promoted to their level of incompetence

o Individuals are often promoted because of their technical expertise, when the needed skills are managing people

o The technical expert can become a poor boss

EQ OBSTACLES

o Fearo Avoid Conflict and Challengeo Negative Internal Dialogueo Unrealistic Expectationso Blaming Others

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

o Focus on behavioro Build self-esteemo Solve problems collaborativelyo Listen activelyo Probe for understandingo Positively reinforce desired behaviors

BENCHMARK OF ORGANIZATIONAL EMOTIONAL

INTELLIGENCE (BOEI)

CLIMATE OF ACHIEVEMENT & RETENTION- THE VISION?

MASTERING PERSONAL CHANGE

Retention Survey…for Leaders

The Sweet Spot for AchievementGood Boss

o Great Listenero Encouragero Communicatoro Courageouso Sense of Humoro Empathetico Decisiveo Takes Responsibilityo Humbleo Shares Authority

The Sweet Spot for AchievementBad Boss

o Blank wallo Doubtero Secretiveo Intimidatingo Bad tempero Self-centeredo Indecisiveo Blameso Arroganto Mistrusts

LOVE ‘EM OR LOSE ‘EM: Retaining Talented Employees

o Retention Factorso www.gallup.com/poll/managing/mana

ging.asp

Retention Factors

o 1. I know what is expected of me at work

o 2. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right

o 3. At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday

o 4. In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for good work

Retention Factors

o 5. My supervisor or the person Ireport to seems to care about me as a person

o 6. There is someone at work who encourages my development

o 7. In the last six months, someone at work has talked with me about my progress

Retention Factors

o 8. At work, my opinions seem to count

o 9. The mission/purpose of my company makes me feel my job is important

o 10. My fellow employees are committed to doing quality work

Retention Factors

o 11. I have a best friend at worko 12. The last year , I have had

opportunities to learn and grow

Retaining and Coaching Top Talent

o Share a common visiono Provide meaningful worko Provide proper resourceso Get people involved in decision-makingo Provide support with managing changeo Coaching for career development

Employee Retention and Development Statistics

o Replacement costs for employees can be as much as 150% of the departing person’s salary

Feedforward Exercise

o The feedforward exerciseo Letting go of the pasto Listening to suggestions without

judgingo Learning as much as you cano Helping as much as you can o Learning points to help you be a great

coach

ACTION PLAN

o Identify 3 strengthso Identify 3 growth areaso Develop a plan to improve specific

skill

HOMEWORKFeedforward Contract

o Select One Strength and One Behavior for Development

o Feedforward Performance Feedback

Handout Resources

o Workshop Agendao Benchmark of Organizational

Emotional Intelligence (BOEI)o Managing Dynamic Change Articleo Love ‘Em Or Lose ‘Em Articleo Creating an Execution Culture Article

Handout Resources

o Retention Survey for Leaders…How to keep workers

o Exploring Current Culture and Vision for the Future

o The Four Questionso Feedforwardo Feedforward Contract

UNLEASHING OUR POTENTIAL

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.”

Nelson Mandela

Dr. Maynard BrusmanConsulting Psychologist & Executive Coach

Working Resources P .O. Box 471525 San Francisco, California 94147 Tel: 415-546-1252E-mail: mbrusman@workingresources.comWeb Site: http://www.workingresources.comSubscribe to Working Resources Newsletter:http://www.workingresources.comVisit Maynard's Blog:http://www.workingresourcesblog.com

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