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    FINDING AND KEEPING GREAT EMPLOYEES

    What makes an employee great? According to Harris and Brannick, great employees are those who match the culture of the company they work for and whose personal values align with the organization's core purpose.

    Finding and Keeping Great Employees identifies four basic organizational purposes-operational excellence, customer service, unleashing technology, and spirit. By focusing on one of these as their core purpose and using it to drive their selection and retention strategies, organizations will gain a long-term competitive advantage and create a workplace full of self-motivated employees who are highly -purpose-driven.

    Based on research into best practices at more than 250 companies, this breakthrough book shares how some of today's most progressive organizations are doing just that -- and shutting down the revolving door -- by leveraging their core purpose and corporate culture to attract and retain great employees. Written in a crisp, reader-friendly style, with numerous examples and case studies, it shows managers and HR professionals how to:

    * simplify and streamline the recruiting process
    * improve organizational focus by benchmarking their company's practices against the world's best-run companies
    * achieve a good 'fit' between employees and corporate culture
    * become the employer of choice within their industry, their market, and their community.

    In today's tight labor market, finding employees that are 'keepers' is critical to success. This book offers a powerful new action plan to help companies find and keep employees who will enable them to find and keep success.

    Dr. Jim Harris, President of The James Harris Group (Pensacola, FL), is a professional speaker who tracts workplace trends and their impact on employee motivation and retention.

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    What makes an employee great? According to Harris and Brannick, great employees are those who match the culture of the company they work for and whose personal values align with the organization's core purpose.

    Finding & Keeping Great Employees identifies four basic organizational purposes -- operational excellence, customer service, unleashing technology, and spirit. By focusing on one of these as their core purpose and using it to drive their selection and retention strategies, organizations will gain a long-term competitive advantage and create a workplace full of self-motivated employees who are highly purpose driven.

    Based on research into best practices at more than 250 companies, this breakthrough book shares how some of today's most progressive organizations are doing just that -- and shutting down the revolving door -- by leveraging their core purpose and corporate culture to attract and retain great employees.

    Written in a crisp, reader-friendly style, with numerous examples and case studies, it shows managers and HR professionals how to:

    In today's tight labor market, finding employees that are keepers is critical to success. This book offers a powerful new action plan to help companies find and keep employees who will enable them to find and keep success.

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    4 out of 5 stars Insightful!.......2001-03-22

    Job seekers and job holders alike tend to think they're National Football League free-agents when it comes to getting and keeping jobs in this low unemployment era. Thus, corporations can find it very tempting to act like football teams - throw money at recruits, throw money at employees with wanderlust - and then throw up their hands when people leave. No need for all that, say authors Jim Harris and Joan Brannick. Finding and keeping great employees isn't about winning the bidding, it's about getting to the source of employee alienation and rebuilding connections among people, their jobs, their lives and your company. We at getAbstract recommend this book to employees, especially unhappy ones, and to human resources professionals of all stripes, from recruiters to compensation analysts to development specialists, and even football coaches.

    5 out of 5 stars Core Culture and Alignment.......2001-01-16

    "This book reflects certain fundamental beliefs. First, we believe in people. In our view, people are the real competitive advantage of any company. Having good people decreases turnover, improves individual performance, attracts a flow of new applicants, and fosters growth in organizational profit...Second, we believe in corporate culture. Employees can find a job anywhere, but they commit to and want to remain with an organization whose culture they connect with...Third, we believe the organizations most successful in their staffing and retention practices are those that leverage their core culture to attract and retain like-valued employees. Although job fit is important, culture fit determines whether someone is highly likely to remain with and be successful with the company...Fourth, we believe in a strategic, more than tactical, approach to finding and keeping great employees...Fifth, we believe in simple, doable concepts and guidance, rather than rambling, esoteric prose...Sixth, we believe that any attempt to find and keep great employees must be flexible...Finally, we believe that this book can make a significant difference in organizations-a difference in performance, in productivity, and in profitability" (from the Preface).

    In this context, Jim Harris and Joan Brannick, in Chapter 2, focus on culture. They argue that aligned companies base their staffing and retention processes upon one of four forms of core culture:

    1. Customer Service- The underlying purpose of a customer-service culture is to create customer solutions (more detailed discussion see Chapter 3).

    2. Innovation- The underlying purpose of an innovation culture is to create the future (more detailed discussion see Chapter 4).

    3. Operational Excellence- The underlying purpose of an operationally excellent culture is to create a process that minimizes costs while maximizing productivity and efficiency (more detailed discussion see Chapter 5).

    4. Spirit- The underlying purpose of a culture of spirit is to create an environment that inspires employee excellence (more detailed discussion see Chapter 6).

    They write that "the four core cultures are separate but equal. No one core culture is superior to another. None is more likely to quarantee outstanding financial performance than another. All are equally powerfull in driving long-term organizational success", and argue that "the key to finding and keeping excellent employees is to align your staffing and retention to the one core culture that best propels your company's succes". Then they list the benefits of alignment as following:

    * Alignment is strategic.

    * Alignment is simplifies the staffing and retention process.

    * Alignment strengthens the core culture.

    * Alignment builds strong company connections.

    * Alignment builds strong job connections.

    * Alignment builds strong personal connections.

    * The ultimate benefit is a unique competitive advantage: the ability to consistently find and keep to talent.

    Finally, they define three steps to the process of alignment as following:

    1. The organization must clearly understand how each core culture uniquely contributes to employee connectedness.

    2. The organization must embrace one core culture as its operational driver.

    3. Management must then align all staffing and retention strategies to the core culture.

    Highly recommended.

    5 out of 5 stars Practical Guidance & Breakthrough Thinking.......1999-11-25

    In my work with line managers and other HR professionals, the things that are keeping them up at night are directly related to finding good people and keeping them. With labor shortages and knowledge gaps, I believe that this is the number one issue for HR professionals in the next decade. Jim Harris and Joan Brannick address this issue directly in a framework that gives the reader specific, implementable ideas to improve their staffing and retention efforts.

    The breakthrough thinking in this book is establishing a clear link between corporate culture and staffing and recruiting efforts. The authors encourage readers to define their culture clearly, then be intentional about matching recruiting efforts and retention programs to the culture. By providing examples of best practices that match each of four basic organizational cultures (operational excellence, customer service, innovation, and spirit), the authors provide readers with practical guidance on how to align staffing and retention efforts with the cultures at their companies.

    I found most helpful of all the guidance the authors provide on retention. In 25 years of work as an HR professional, I've found that the topic of retention is a lot like the weather - everyone talks about it, but nobody knows how to make it better! This book is different. The authors describe specific ways to influence retention and build a company where employees will want to stay. Immediately after reading this book, I went to work creating a retention plan built around nine specific management practices that will support my company's culture and foster retention. My counterparts on the company's leadership team are enthusiastic about the plan, and are actively at work implementing the management practices.

    Finally, I recommend this book because it is well written. The authors avoid jargon and buzzwords. They speak from the heart about HR practices that will engage the soul and generate employee commitment.

    4 out of 5 stars A book that every business owner should read........1999-04-12

    Whether your business is large or small, two employees or two thousand, this book is full of useful information. After reading it your next step is to read new book by Donald Mitchell and Robert Metz, THE 2,000 PERCENT SOLUTION. It takes you one or two steps further in thinking about how to make your organization a winner in the millennium. Be sure to read every word. It won't be difficult.

    5 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS A "STALL BUSTER".......1999-04-01

    We have tried ads, interviewing at colleges, postings on our Web site, word of mouth, and we are still stalled when it comes to FINDING AND KEEPING GREAT EMPLOYEES. I have visited Disney and The Ritz Carlton and I continue to be envious of their screening, training and culture. Disney's emphasis on safety at the parks and the Ritz Carlton's "We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen" are great examples of the need to match values. Even in these high turnover jobs, they lead in best practices and getting employees to take ownership. That message, well stated in this book, of the need to find a good match between employees and corporate culture is ever so important, particularly in this rapidly changing world. For example, the engineering company that always hired engineers may now find that they cannot succeed without superb finance people and really good communicators. The Tradition Stall would never allow them to hire an English major! Or, the firm that always used the same headhunters might never believe they could find better people on their own. That's the Disbelief Stall If you are really interested in developing better employees, you should also read THE 2,000 PERCENT SOLUTION, by Mitchell, Coles and Meets and encourage your staff to identify their stalls, and the company's stalls, and learn how to leap over them. A gift of FINDING AND KEEPING GREAT EMPLOYEES is the sixteen best practices of companies who have discovered the secrets. Use them as a guide and checklist. You will be glad you did
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                          Introduction to magneto-fluid mechanics: Lectures delivered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Summer 1962
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                            Introduction to magneto-fluid mechanics: Lectures delivered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Summer 1962
                            Tien Sun Chang
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                            ASIN: B0006RM6OU
                            Introduction to plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics
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                              Introduction to plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics
                              Hans J Kaeppeler
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                              A Raising Up: Memories of a North Carolina Childhood
                              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                              • The Good Ole Days
                              • A RAISING UP:MEMORIES OF A NORTH CAROLINA CHILDHOOD
                              A Raising Up: Memories of a North Carolina Childhood
                              R. C. Fowler
                              Manufacturer: Coastal Carolina Press
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                              Binding: Hardcover

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                              ASIN: 1928556078

                              Book Description

                              This clear-eyed, poignant tale of a young, spirited boy growing up on a North Carolina tobacco farm during the Great Depression and World War II is based on the author's childhood recollections. R.C. is an extraordinary character, a boy who dreams of flying planes and seeing the world, despite the fact that his day-to-day existence is dictated by the realities of extreme poverty. Readers will warm to his charm, laugh at his misadventures, and marvel at his determination.

                              R.C. Fowler uses simple, unaffected language to tell his story, depicting vivid characters in a stark landscape. A brave and unsparing narrative of one boy's coming-of-age, A Raising Up demonstrates a deep understanding of the human heart. Students of Southern history will find this book of special interest, as will anyone who loves a good yarn, entertainingly told.

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars The Good Ole Days.......2002-07-28

                              Mr. Fowler has done a fantastic job of telling of a simpler time in our country. A time when God and family were more important than material things.
                              The book is one of those books that you can't put down once you have started reading and once you have finished you have to read again. of all the caracters in this book Aunt Laney is my favorite. Her faith in God makes her stand out.
                              Many of the stories that are told in the book I can remember duplicating in the 50s when I was growing up in the same area of NC. Thanks for taking me back to a simpler time and reminding me how important family is.

                              5 out of 5 stars A RAISING UP:MEMORIES OF A NORTH CAROLINA CHILDHOOD.......2000-07-16

                              A RAISING UP: BRINGS BACK SIGHTS, SMELLS AND GOOD MEMORIES OF THE TOBACCO SEASONS AND THE SPARTAN LIFE ON THE FARM IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE 1940'S AND 1950'S. TOLD WITH SIMPLICITY AND DEAD-ON INSIGHT,I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECCOMEND THE BOOK FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.

                              Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., and the South's Fight over Civil Rights
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                              • Judge Johnson - Southern Hero
                              Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., and the South's Fight over Civil Rights
                              Jack Bass
                              Manufacturer: Anchor Books
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                              Binding: Paperback

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                              ASIN: 0820325317

                              Book Description

                              Thrust into the center of a raging storm over civil rights, Frank M. Johnson, Jr., was the youngest federal judge in the country at the time of his appointment in 1955. During his twenty-four years on the district court in Montgomery, Alabama, Johnson handed down a string of precedent-setting decisions that were vastly unpopular at the time but that would prove to have profound consequences for America's future.

                              Not only did Johnson's trailblazing opinions greatly expand the access of African Americans to their constitutional rights, but his opinions also helped to dismantle discrimination against women, prison inmates, and the mentally ill. Johnson paid a heavy price for his judicial vision, however, for he had to endure public scorn, death threats, and the outrage of a society that felt itself and its values to be under siege. Eventually Johnson prevailed, winning honor even in his native Alabama and a respected place in the history of the civil rights movement. Taming the Storm is the story of an authentic American hero and the era he did so much to define.

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                              5 out of 5 stars Judge Johnson - Southern Hero.......2005-04-12

                              "Hero in war and peace, implacable enemy of sham and duplicity, living symbol of courage and fairness, jurist par excellence. Through tides of emotion surged menacingly about you, you have read the law as it was, not as other might have wished it to be" (Bass, Taming the Storm, pg. 403)

                              These words inscribed on an honorary degree from Saint Michael's College hung on the wall of Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr.'s chambers and personified the legacy of one of the most significant judges within the last century of American history. In his 1993 book, "Taming the Storm," Dr. Jack Bass goes to great lengths to reveal this modest hero to a generation not necessarily familiar with the judge who stood behind the traditional historic scene in the Civil Rights Movement. Judge Johnson's deeply held beliefs of personal and judicial integrity as well as a strong sense of justice can be seen in his landmark verdicts toward Civil Rights, prison reform, and state mental health care.

                              I felt a bit like Bill Moyers' crew who had interviewed him in 1980. He said, "The only Johnson they'd ever heard of was Andrew and Lyndon. And to find such impregnable character in such a winsome form was like a discovery of a new hero" (Bass, Taming the Storm, pg 370). The book, more than anything, renews an optimism of finding legitimate Southern heroes - men and women of true integrity.

                              The story of Judge Johnson, and consequently Dr. Bass's book, are essential not only to scholars but perhaps more importantly to a new generation of Southern men and women. Those who may look back on twentieth century southern history with a certain level of embarrassment can know that a beacon of rationale and justice derived from the south.
                              TAMING THE STORM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR. AND THE SOUTH'S FIGHT OVER CIVIL RIGHTS
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                                TAMING THE STORM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR. AND THE SOUTH'S FIGHT OVER CIVIL RIGHTS

                                Manufacturer: Doubleday New York
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                                ASIN: B000I8R7Q4

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