ABSTRACT

Let me return to where we began. I started this book by asking seven key questions: 1. Are people your firm’s most important asset? Yes No 2. Does your company seek to be the employer of choice in its industry? Yes No 3. Is it harder these days than in the past to attract and retain the best talent? Yes No 4. Does the quality of talent make a difference to your company’s performance? Yes No 5. Does your firm have a clear strategy for becoming the employer of choice? Yes No 6. Does your firm have good metrics for determining how you’re doing as an employer of choice? Yes No 7. Do you hold managers and executives accountable for their successes and failures in waging and winning the war for top talent? Yes No