Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, Third Edition Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Still Want

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.

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.