Love ’em or Lose ’em:

Love 'Em or Lose 'EmLove ’em or Lose ’em: Getting Good People to Stay
by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans

The retention of talent has been identified by numerous resources as the #1 business issue of the 21st Century. There is no issue with greater urgency, or with more far-reaching consequences, than the issue of retention. The authors have done Corporate America a great favor by focusing a laser beam on the subject. They have skillfully blended wit, humor, charm, research and common sense to grab the reader’s attention and inspire action. This book provides easy to implement answers for everything you always wanted to know about retention but were afraid to ask.

So how do you keep talented people? How do you get them to stay while others try to entice them away? Read the 26 strategies in this book, and you will know what to do!

(This book review was originally published in 2000 as one of the Top 10 Books – Edition 3.)

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