The Value-Added Employee - Softcover

Cripe, Edward J.; Mansfield, Richard S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750674512 ISBN 13: 9780750674515

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

A handy guide offering a practical plan for targeting skills any employee wants to develop and employers most desire.

It's hard to tell if today's competitive job market is more unsettling for employees seeking job security or companies trying to retain loyal workers. The Value-Added Employee provides fresh insights on what makes employees valuable to the organization and how companies can keep productive employees on the job. Employees will understand how to increase their personal marketability by developing specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Managers and coaches will find the tools and resources to make employees more valuable to the organization. Even policymakers and human resource professionals can drive change and business improvement through the application of competency modeling processes.

The Value-Added Employee is a step-by-step plan for targeting the competencies an employee wants to develop and employers most desire. It discusses 31 core competencies, including interpersonal competencies, business competencies, and self-management competencies.

Designed as a handbook, The Value-Added Employee is a toolkit of ideas and a workbook to be written in and referred to on a regular basis. Through its use, employees and their companies will discover a firm foundation for meeting future goals.
a complete toolkit to increase an employee's value as well as marketability in today's volatile job market.easy-to-use workbook style appeals to professionals as well as academics

About this title

From the Publisher:

It's hard to tell if today's competitive job market is more unsettling for employees seeking job security or companies trying to retain loyal workers. 'The Value-Added Employee' provides fresh insights on what makes employees valuable to the organization and how companies can keep productive employees on the job. Employees will understand how to increase their personal marketability by developing specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Managers and coaches will find the tools and resources to make employees more valuable to the organization. Even policymakers and human resource professionals can drive change and business improvement through the application of competency modeling processes.

'The Value-Added Employee' is a step-by-step plan for targeting the competencies an employee wants to develop and employers most desire. It discusses 31 core competencies, including interpersonal competencies, business competencies, and self-management competencies. Designed as a handbook, ‘The Value-Added Employee' is a toolkit of ideas and a workbook to be written in and referred to on a regular basis. Through its use, employees and their companies will discover a firm foundation for meeting future goals.

About the Author:

Edward Cripe is president of Merit Performance, Inc., based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has 30 years of experience in organization development, training, competency systems, performance management, and management consulting with companies such as ConAgra, American National Can, CIGNA, Ashland Oil, Cable and Wireless, and The Limited. He is co-developer of the REACH (TM) Coaching Performance Excellence Training program and author of articles that have appeared in Training and Development Journal, HR Professional, Corporate University Review, and others.

has more than 20 years of experience in competency-based job analysis, skills assessment, management development, and course development. He has completed major competency assessment and organizational change projects for clients in most industries, including American National Can, Digital Equipment Corporation, EMC Corporation, The Travelers, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, and General Electric. Dr. Mansfield is co-author of The Psychology of Creativity and Discovery and has published numerous articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0750674512
• ISBN 13: 9780750674515
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 216