The argument
Most organizations are designing their workplaces by accident — and paying for it with the people they can’t afford to lose.
“Values are the salt of the organization.”
The path
Five parts. Twenty-five lessons.
25 years of building sticky workplaces people do not want to leave, written as lessons a leader can act on now.
Part 1
Discover the Data
Part 2
Create the Path
Part 3
Leverage Compassionate Candor
Part 4
Take Brave Steps
Part 5
Achieve Exponential Growth
Inside
A few of the lessons.
- 01Values Are Not Words
- 07Ego Is the Number One Impediment
- 09You Can Feel It from the Lobby
- 15The Stay Interview
- 16Inaction Is a Decision
- 25You Are the Ceiling
Where to start
The Seven Sticky Factors show where you are. The book shows the way forward.
The factors are the diagnosis: the seven things that keep good people in place. The book is the path from what you find to the workplace you want.
See the keynote built on the book →- Values People Can Name
- Trust
- No One Gets a Pass
- The Right Managers
- Connection
- Work Worth Staying For
- A Path Forward
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