Embracing Excellence

The A-Players, the cream of the crop, the best of the best—no matter what you call them, and no matter what the job market is like, top talent is always in high demand and short supply.

Topgrading, the first of Prentice Hall Press’ groundbreaking works on gaining the talent edge, showed us that leading companies win by packing their organizations with the best people. It gave us a fool-proof method for identifying the A-players. Embracing Excellence gives you the secret formula for getting them to stay.

Authoritative and practical, Embracing Excellence is based on more than thirty years of experience and an extensive six-year research study of what works—and what doesn’t—in employee retention practices at firms large and small. Two of the industry’s leading experts, Franklin Ashby and Arthur Pell, join forces to dispel the myths on high salaries, fringe benefits and other stale tactics, and demonstrate how an effective corporate culture is critical to retaining top talent and therefore essential to an organization’s success.

This unparalleled work provides tried and true methods for keeping top employees. Moreover, the book is packed with anecdotes, illustrations, real-life examples, worksheets and step-by-step guidance. The Organizational MRI is one of the many practical tools discussed which will help managers assess their current culture and shape their company into an employer of choice for today’s coveted superstar performers.

Franklin C. Ashby, Ph.D. is chairman and co-founder of The Leadership Capital Group, LLC, a firm specializing in leadership development, executive and management development, and executive transition. He is the former chief educational officer of Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. and the author of Revitalize Your Corporate Culture and Effective Leadership Programs. Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of The Leadership Capital Group, is a nationally known author, lecturer and consultant in the human resources field. He is the author of 47 books including the best selling The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing People and The Supervisor’s Infobank.