KEYGroup Newsletter August 2009

In this economy plagued with deep recession, scandals, government waste, fraud, and greed, top talent retention is more important than ever before in our history. A book that identifies and addresses this need is one I can recommend ... Managing Talent Retention: An ROI Approach.

This book is co-authored by Dr. Jack J. Phillips and Lisa Ann Edwards. Dr. Phillips is a world-renowned expert on accountability, measurement, and evaluation. Phillips provides consulting services for Fortune 500 companies and major global organizations. The author or editor of more than fifty books, he conducts workshops and presents at conferences throughout the world. Dr. Phillips has received numerous awards in recognition of his work.

Lisa Ann Edwards is a talent development professional whose expertise is based on more than 20 years of experience in the media, technology, printing, and publishing industries. Edwards has co-authored Managing Talent Retention: An ROI Approach (Pfeiffer, 2009) and Measuring ROI in Coaching for New Hire Employee Retention: A Global Media Company published in ROI in Action Casebook (Pfeiffer, 2008). In her role as head of learning & development for Corbis, a Bill Gates - owned global media company, Edwards is responsible for designing and implementing effective talent development solutions that ensure talent engagement, improve talent retention and serve to feed the talent pipeline.

Managing Talent Retention: An ROI Approach includes the three rules not to forget as recommended by executives who offer strategies to deal with a downturn in business:

Avoid the lay-off of key talent at all costs.
Ensure that top talent isn't recruited away by competitive organizations
Maintain talent development programs.

Also, to further show the value of this book, please click on this link to read an interesting study about the issues at hand: http://media.roiinstitute.net/pdf/CoachingWhitePaper0709.pdf.

We are sure you will agree that Managing Talent Retention: An ROI Approach is right on target for our current economic situation. For ore information visit www.ManagingTalentRetention.com.