Employalty - by Joe Mull (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Is your company a departure organization or a destination workplace?

Finding, keeping, and motivating employees is harder than ever. Amid record-setting turnover and staffing shortages across industries, competition for candidates is fierce.

How do you find employees that stay, take on challenging work, and deliver outstanding products and services? How do you keep your best employees from leaving?
Answer: Employalty.

There is a massive recalibration taking place around how work fits into peoples' lives. Winning the new war for talent requires a more humane employee experience, one that meets the needs and values of a changed workforce. Get this wrong, and the future of your organization is in jeopardy. Get this right, and you create an astounding competitive advantage around hiring and retention, while reaping all the benefits and business results that dedicated employees generate.

Speaker, author, and commitment expert Joe Mull has spent 15 years teaching leaders how to be better bosses. Grounded in research and filled with captivating stories, Employalty provides a simple, evidence-based framework for creating the kind of employee experience that leads people to join a company, stay long term, and do great work. Employalty is a clear playbook for attracting and retaining talent and turning ordinary people into devoted employees.

The era of trying to find the best person for the job is over. At an adapt-or-die moment for businesses of all sizes, employers must now create the best job for the person.
Employalty shows you how.

Review Quotes

"A forthright, forward-looking employee recruitment and retention manual." --Kirkus Reviews

"Employees do the best job when they believe that they have the best job possible; the provocative, forward-thinking business guide Employalty shows leaders how to get there." --Foreword Clarion Review

"A compact but incisive employer resource examining what it takes to create a workplace that employees never want to leave." --BookLife (Publishers Weekly)

"The biggest leadership issue organizations face is creating a culture of committed team members in the new workplace. In Employalty, Joe Mull shows you how to attract and retain star employees that will help your company win in today's world." --JIM CLIFTON, Chairman of Gallup

"This is the book leaders have been looking for to stop turnover and staff shortages that plague their company! It has never been more important to learn how to create cultures, jobs, and career paths for employees that keep them engaged, and Employalty perfectly captures just that. Packed with expert advice and actionable steps, readers will walk away empowered to create better companies and teams." --DR. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, New York Times-bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There

"Struggling to stay fully staffed? Read this book. Losing top talent to your competitors? Read this book. Baffled by what it takes to energize and engage employees today? Read. This. Book." --CY WAKEMAN, workplace drama researcher and New York Times-bestselling author of No Ego

"Employalty is a must-read. In it, Joe Mull shares his extraordinary experience catalyzing employee commitment. The lessons learned are tested and actionable. Get it, read it, but more importantly, put his suggestions into action." --DENISE HAMILTON, CEO and Founder, WatchHerWork

"It's not easy to hire and retain top talent. That's why Employalty should be required reading for owners and executives of businesses, both large and small. Joe Mull provides a clear, simple framework for finding and keeping high-performing employees who will move your company forward." --DORIE CLARK, Wall Street Journal-bestselling author of The Long Game and executive education faculty at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

"Work, the workforce, and the workplace are changing so rapidly that many books written about management and talent even a few years ago already feel out of date. Contrast that with Joe Mull's work in Employalty, which is forward-looking and full of timeless wisdom while practical and applicable for today. This is the rare perspective that rightly sees work as an ecosystem, with equal emphasis on being a great boss as to hiring and retaining top quality talent. Every manager and would-be manager, every leader at any level and of any stripe should read this book--as well as every person who wants to make the best moves for their career right now and in the years ahead." --KATE O'NEILL, Fortune 500 consultant and award-winning author of Tech Humanist

"Joe Mull smartly cracks the employee commitment code in a book that is engaging, clever, and personal. If your organization desires a humane, person-centered employee experience, Employalty is the path forward." --DAN PONTEFRACT, award-winning author of Lead. Care. Win. and The Purpose Effect and Thinkers50 Radar

About the Author

Joe Mull has spent more than 15 years teaching leaders how to be better bosses. In demand as a keynote speaker and trainer, he is the host of the popular Boss Better Now podcast and founder of the Boss Better Leadership Academy. He is the author of two previous books, Cure for the Common Leader and No More Team Drama. Joe holds a Master's degree from Ohio University, has taught courses at the University of Pittsburgh, and previously managed training at one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S.

Joe resides near Pittsburgh, PA with his wife, three children, and a rambunctious dalmatian named Flash.