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Becoming an Employer of Choice: Make Your Organization a Place Where People Want to Do Great Work | 
 enlarge | Author: Judith Leary-joyce
Publisher: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 267043
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1843980576
EAN: 9781843980575
ASIN: 1843980576
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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 Important messages even in tougher times April 29, 2008
Stephen Masson
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was written a couple of years ago when the economy was booming and being seen as an employer of choice was pretty much essential if you wanted anyone to apply for a job (I remember a friend telling me in 2003 that she had had only one application for a job they'd advertised - how things change).
But don't be fooled into thinking that just because the employment market isn't quite the seller's market it was a few years ago you don't need this book:
1 I remember in the mid 1990s suffering an MD who insisted on coming down hard on employees on the basis that they would be unlikely to walk - only to see staff turnover quadruple as soon as the economy picked up - people have long memories.
2 Even more importantly - the link between employee engagement and performance is undeniable - if your market is getting tougher you need your employees to be committed to you even more than you do in boom.
This book - and the author's follow up - (the much more reasonably priced) Inspirational Manager - should be compulsory reading in your organization. The author writes with an easy to read conversational style that any manager should find engaging - the messages are essential if you want your business/hospital/school/whatever to be functioning at the top of your game.
Highly recommended.
 Average book more about the merits of becoming an employer of choice than a how to guide December 31, 2006
Mr. Geoffrey Newman (England)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sadly this book spent most of its time proclaiming the business case for becoming an employer of choice rather than providing ideas for action. Indeed most of the virtues of becoming an benevolent employer were based on relatively little evidence and spiced up with conjecture and altruistic text. This was dissappointing as naturally I already wanted to learn how to become an employer of choice (that is why I bought the book) and just wanted clear guidelines.
Furthermore the author did deviate, providing theories on management style, time management and communication skills. These sweeping overviews of rhetoric did make me question what value it added to the book, especially given the lack of thorough analysis.
In hindsight this would be a wonderful book for a new manager as it is packed with fantastic guiding principles. However I believe if you want an action plan it may be better to read the Sunday Times list online.
Change the way things are done around here September 25, 2006
Pardo (Kent)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The "Employer of Choice" title was (may be still is) a trendy buzz phrase for HR people a few years ago but this book is about so much more. The sub-title explains it better "Make your organisation a place where people want to do great work".
Look around your office now and ask yourself if you're working somewhere like that. If not you need to change the "way we do things around here". The book is great - it helps you realise what needs to be done and gives you ready made arguments to convince those misearable stick in the mud colleagues that they need to change as well.
Like all good busienss books the principal idea is very simple - but also not very easy. Basically it's all about being decent and honest and if that sounds touchey feely and soft then you really need to read this book - it's at its best when its talking about dealing with underperformance and the hard things that need to be done to make your organisation a better place.
If you can start using the ideas in this book your team/department/organisation will start to become a place where people can do their best work and as a result its performance will improve.
Easy to read, inspiring and strong. Brilliant.
A Brilliant Book April 21, 2004
Andrew from St Albans (St Albans, Herts United Kingdom)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a must for anyone in business today. It is simply one of thebest books I have come across in years. It is an easy read and the pagesare just crammed with practical ideas. It is an absolute must for HR andline managers alike. I loved it!
A chance to learn from the very best employers February 9, 2004
Mr. E. Smith (UK)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have seen the final draft of this book, which is to be published around Easter 2004. The author has interviewed senior managers and staff from the top companies listed in the Sunday Times great places to work survey and uses the data to show us how we can all make the places we work better, much more fun, and most importantly more productive. It's written in a way that can't fail to inspire and will become an invaluable aid to senior line managers and HR managers and directors alike. Even better, it's easy to read - as a rule I don't enjoy textbooks on management issues, but this is quite different, and I'm already putting some of the things that I learnt into practice!
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