Attract, Retain, and Develop: Shaping a Skilled Workforce for the Future

From an award-winning chef turned workforce practitioner, the fresh approach to hiring and retention that you hunger for.

As a hiring manager or business owner, you feel the strain of technology-driven skill transformations, economic uncertainty, and generational shifts. Now more than ever, leaders must close the gap between what companies need to be efficient and what employees need for meaningful work-life harmony.

Attract, Retain, and Develop is a recipe for holistic workforce development. Fusing his experience in world-class kitchens with real-world business acumen, author Nick Wyman offers key ingredients for redefining the future of work, inviting you to:

Disrupt. Discover how and why they should embrace change through disrupting common workplace patterns.
Thrive. Create a work environment where innovation and well-being go hand-in-hand.
Evolve. Explore the merits of fostering team development of new skills.
Connect. Attract, Retain, and Develop reminds us that human connection is irreplaceable and that it is possible to forge real, lasting relationships in the workplace.

Work should be a place where everyone thrives. Wyman champions tactics like mentorship, apprenticeship, and agile adaptation of technology, providing you with the tools to build a workplace where employees feel heard, challenged, and passionately connected to their roles.

Nicholas “Nick” Wyman began his career as an award-winning chef. Transitioning from the culinary arts to the business world, Nick leveraged his leadership experience to become a globally recognized workforce practitioner. As the CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation Group (IWSI), he redefines career pathways, transforming how the modern world views skills and success. Under his leadership, IWSI has ignited over twenty thousand skill-based career paths. Nick is the author of two books and contributes to Forbes, Fast Company, the MIT Press Journal, and CNBC.