WHAT ’ S THE KEY TO KEEPING YOUR BEST TALENT ?
to stimulate and challenge them .
“ My view is that inspiration and learning is really what people are turned on by these days and that ’ s what creates a successful team ,” says Alexander , who is a bonafide leadership expert and speaker with a passion for the subject .
“ Something that compounded my thinking was research by Zenger and Folkman . They ’ ve written a couple of books , the first of which is called ‘ The Extraordinary Leader ’ and their research is absolutely fascinating . “ They ’ ve found many things in their studies and they ’ ve used
“ Inspiration and learning is really what people are turned on by these days and that ’ s what creates a successful team ”
- Paul Alexander , Head of Indirect Procurement for EMEA , BP very , very large sample groups to test their assumptions . They have found very clearly that the ability for leaders to inspire interest and the resource and sincerity you put into development and learning are the things that will drive success . “ I do believe in a knowledgebased economy and a productive economy : you need to have people who want to work for you and are motivated and want to succeed .
“ The research on the millennial generation really underlines all of this , I think what they ’ re asking for which is to be treated with respect , not to be hugely well rewarded but to be sensibly and adequately rewarded but to be treated well and given the opportunity to learn and fulfill themselves .
“ I think that ’ s what we all want ; the difference now is that a lot of work has gone into listening to millennials who have a loud voice and I think and hope our workplace is evolving the way it needs to do for the benefit of us all .
“ Another thing I would point to is the work of Dan Pink . What he says is three things really turn people on : autonomy , the freedom to do the job
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