WHAT ’ S THE KEY TO KEEPING YOUR BEST TALENT ?
learning is really what people are turned on by these days and that ’ s what creates a successful team ,” says Alexander , who is a bonafide leadership expert and speaker with a passion for the subject .
“ Something that compounded my thinking was research by Zenger and Folkman . They ’ ve written a couple of books , the first of which is called ‘ The Extraordinary Leader ’ and their research is absolutely fascinating . “ They ’ ve found many things in their studies and they ’ ve used very , very large sample groups to test their assumptions . They have
“ Inspiration and learning is really what people are turned on by these days and that ’ s what creates a successful team ”
- Paul Alexander , Head of Indirect Procurement for EMEA , BP found very clearly that the ability for leaders to inspire interest and the resource and sincerity you put into development and learning are the things that will drive success . “ I do believe in a knowledgebased economy and a productive economy : you need to have people who want to work for you and are motivated and want to succeed .
“ The research on the millennial generation really underlines all of this , I think what they ’ re asking for which is to be treated with respect , not to be hugely well rewarded but to be sensibly and adequately rewarded but to be treated well and given the opportunity to learn and fulfill themselves .
“ I think that ’ s what we all want ; the difference now is that a lot of work has gone into listening to millennials who have a loud voice and I think and hope our workplace is evolving the way it needs to do for the benefit of us all .
“ Another thing I would point to is the work of Dan Pink . What he says is three things really turn people on : autonomy , the freedom to do the job the way they want to do it ; mastery , giving them the
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