Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, Third Edition - by Beverly Kaye & Julie Winkle Giulioni (Paperback)

About the Book

"This new edition of the bestselling classic includes updates as well as fresh material around remote work and today's challenges in career development and retention. Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. It's the sustainable competitive advantage that will distinguish the winners from the losers. Nevertheless, it's frequently back-burnered. When asked why, managers say the number one reason is that they just don't have time-for the meetings, the forms, the administrative hoops. But there's a better way. And it's surprisingly simple: frequent short conversations with employees about their career goals and options integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business. Beverly Kaye, coauthor of the bestselling Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, and Julie Winkle Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; point out where their organization and their industry are headed; and help them pull all of that together to design their own up-to-the-minute, personalized career plans. Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go is filled with practical tips, guidelines, and templates, as well as nearly a hundred suggested conversation questions. This new edition will also be released alongside an interactive Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go card deck to create organizational pathways for career development, and twenty-seven minutes of video trainings covering content, activities and practices in the book"--

Book Synopsis

This new edition of the bestselling employee development classic includes advice on engagement and retention in today's more flexible employment environment, a new chapter on remote and hybrid work, and a deeper discussion of career development in your organization.

Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. But most managers feel they just don't have time for it. This book offers a better way: frequent, short conversations with employees about themselves, their goals, and the business that can be integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business.

Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; and point out where their organization and their industry are headed. The authors provide new assessments, worksheets, and a discussion guide to help employees and managers pull all of that together to create forward momentum.

Review Quotes

"A practical, must-read guidebook for anyone who's ever thought, 'I don't have time for career development conversations.' Filled with insightful questions and actionable practices, this book is the gift that keeps giving, turning people leaders into exceptional career coaches."
--Rochelle Arnold-Simmons, Sr. Director Global Talent, Leadership & Retail Development, Under Armour

"This groundbreaking work emphasizes how investing in employees' career development is crucial for business outcomes. With sensible tips and clear guidance, Kaye and Winkle Giulioni show leaders how developing talent leads to stronger teams and lasting success."
--Melissa Daimler, Chief Learning Officer, Udemy

"This useful guide provides the formula that any people-manager can follow to help grow careers and any company can follow to improve overall performance."
--Kevin Oakes, CEO, Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)

About the Author

Beverly Kaye is the founder and CEO of her own consulting company, BevKaye&Co. She was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Talent Development for her groundbreaking and continual contributions to workplace learning. She is the coauthor of several books, including six editions of Love 'Em or Lose 'Em.

Julie Winkle Giulioni works with organizations worldwide to improve performance through leadership and learning through her company, DesignArounds. Named one of Inc. Magazine's top 100 leadership speakers, she consults, teaches, speaks, and writes about career development and a variety of workplace topics.