Keep Your Talent

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It seems like one of the reasons that organizations struggle to have long-lived, stable teams is because they have challenges keeping talented people.  How many companies claim to be successful because of their people but don't make the effort to provide what they need to stay long-term?  Too many people identify with Dilbert cartoons as a result--it's the Dilbert Paradox.

Luckily, there's a way to beat the Dilbert Paradox:

First, senior leadership must map business goals to individual goals, providing employees with ample opportunities to build skills and capabilities that will take them wherever they want to go. As Brown and his co-authors say: “Talented workers join companies and stay there because they believe they’ll learn faster and better than they would at other employers.”

How are you growing your people?  At a first glance, you might think that you don't have time to provide your employees the training they need, but the truth is, you can't afford not to provide it.  As Johanna Rothman argues, training is a necessary part of technical work. After all, training can be expensive, but the risk of not training your people and having them stay can be costly.

Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard is a coach, consultant, and trainer who brings the power of relationship systems intelligence to go beyond tasks, roles, and frameworks to create energy for change. She engages with people and teams in a down-to-earth way to build trust and listen for signals to help them learn more and improve. Allison focuses on creating alignment and connection for people to solve business problems together. Her experience includes working with teams and leaders in energy, retail, financial, real estate, and transportation industries to help improve their project/product delivery and culture. Allison currently volunteers as program director for Women in Agile’s mentorship program. Her agile community focus is championing new voices and amplifying women as mentors and sponsors for the next generation of leaders. Allison earned her bachelor’s degrees in computer science, mathematics, and English from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a foodie, and proud glasses wearer. Allison is a prolific speaker at professional groups and international conferences, including Scrum Gatherings and the Agile Alliance Agile20xx conferences. Allison is co-owner of Helping Improve LLC.

http://www.allisonpollard.com
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