Love 'Em or Lose 'Em Card Deck Practical Tools and Activities for Getting Your Best People to Stay

You want to hang on to your best people—your star performers and solid contributors alike. This card deck, based on the celebrated Wall Street Journal bestseller, is specifically designed to help you do just that.

This card deck has three sets of cards, easily identified by their colors: yellow, red, and blue. Yellow cards contain the activities you might perform with the card decks. Red Best Practice cards describe the "best practices" (behaviors, attitudes, and actions) for engaging and retaining talent. They will be used for both "importance sorts" and "skill sorts." And blue Development cards feature developmental remedies and skill-building tips. You'll also find three Header cards (Highest, Middle, and Lowest), which will help you sort the cards in many of the activities. Follow the suggestions on these cards to boost your skills in each of the A to Z areas.

Try out the recommended activities with your team. Spark dialogue, get feedback, and build development plans. Get creative and find new ways to use the cards to engage your talent. What really earns employee loyalty and commitment—even more than money--is a boss who shows genuine concern about them as professionals and as people. That's what this card deck is all about.

Beverly Kaye is the founder and CEO of BevKaye&Co. She is a recipient of ATD's Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award and ISA's Thought Leader Award.

Sharon Jordan-Evans is president of the Jordan Evans Group. She has worked with organizations like American Express, Boeing, Disney, Lockheed Martin, Cheesecake Factory, Monster.com, MTV, PBS, Sony, and Universal Studios. She and Beverly Kaye are also the coauthors of Love It, Don't Leave It and Hello Stay Interviews, Goodbye Talent Loss.