2e_Cultivating Top Talent - Brian Mannal

Brian R. Mannal, Esq.Assistant Director, Workforce & Talent Division

Ohio Department of Development

2009 Economic-Education Leadership Summit Presentation

THE STANDARD(workforce-related)

PRESENTATION

Strategic Plan 2008

http://development.ohio.gov/strategicplan/

• Advanced Energy and Environmental Technologies• Aerospace and Aviation• Agriculture and Food Processing• Bioscience and Bioproducts• Corporate and Professional Services• Distribution and Logistics• Instruments, Controls, and Electronics• Motor Vehicle and Parts Manufacturing• Polymers and Advanced Materials

http://development.ohio.gov/strategicplan/OhioDepartmentofDevelopmentTargetedIndustries.htm

Ohio’s Statewide Targeted Industries

1. Retain and Attract Top TalentIncrease Ohio’s competitiveness with innovative programs and policies designed to retain and attract top talent in industries where the likelihood of job growth and job creation is highest.

2. Provide Customized Training Solutions to Ohio’s Companies Develop processes to deliver customized training solutions to Ohio’s employers to align Ohio’s workforce skills and knowledge with employer needs in targeted industries.

3. Create a Demand‐driven Workforce and Talent System Create a world class, demand‐driven workforce and talent development system that is agile andresponsive, increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Ohio’s business development, attraction, and recruiting services.

Summary of the Department of Development’s Key Strategies to Attract & Cultivate Top Talent

http://development.ohio.gov/strategicplan/documents/Goal3_CompleteContents.pdf

Ohio Workforce Guarantee (Umbrella for various programs)Ohio Investment in Training Program (OITP)HB 372 Incumbent Worker Grant (HB372)Workforce Guarantee Grant (WG)Appalachia Training Investment Program (ATIP)

Governor’s Workforce Policy Advisory Board (Board)WIA Discretionary Grants

Ohio Labor Management Cooperation Program (OLMCP) Targeted Industries Training Grants Rapid Response / Turn Around Ohio GrantsThird Frontier Internship Program

CORE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS

http://www.odod.state.oh.us/OITP.htm

• Ohio Means Home

• Ohio Young Talent Network

• Ohio Center for Workforce Excellence

• Task Force on Population, Growth, Diversity and Talent Attraction

• Ohio ASAP (Available Skills Alert Posting)

• Expanded Cooperative Education and Internships

• Workforce Development Partnerships

• OhioMeansJobs.com

• Ohio Skills Bank

NEW WORKFORCE INITIATIVES

http://development.ohio.gov/strategicplan/

Ohio Economic

Development Regions

Ohio Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Areas

ODOD, Workforce and Talent Division Website:• http://www.odod.state.oh.us/OITP.htm

Governor's Workforce Policy Advisory Board Website:• http://www.ohioworkforceboard.com/

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services:• http://jfs.ohio.gov/workforce/

Ohio Means Jobs Website:• http://www.ohiomeansjobs.com/

OHIO WORKFORCE WEBSITES

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THE BEST(workforce-related)

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The purpose of this presentation is to…

cajole

inspire

motivate

persuade

…to cultivate talent.

1: to foster the growth of <cultivate vegetables> 2a: to improve by labor, care, or study; 2b: refine <cultivate the mind>3: further, encourage <cultivate talent>

cul·ti·vate

We Need To Plant Seeds of Talent

We need to remember…

From the little acorn…

…grows the mighty oak.

1: a person or a group of persons with the ability to do something well <talented worker>

talenttal·ent

When do we begin the cultivation process?

Where and how do various state agencies leverage public funds and resources to cultivate talent?

Ohio Department of Job & Family

Services

Ohio Department of Development

Ohio Board of Regents

Ohio Department of Education

Ohio Families

The sooner the better.

Dr. Frances Rauscher of the University of Wisconsin demonstrated remarkable increases in spatial-temporal IQs of young children exposed to music training in a 1992 study.

The Mozart Effect

http://production.amc-music.org/musicmaking/policy/sykes.htm

This is our goal.

In 1996, Julie Aigner-Clark founded Baby Einstein because there were "no age-appropriate products available to help her share her love of humanities with her [then-infant] daughter.“

In 2001, The Disney Company acquired Baby Einstein for an estimated $20 million. Between 2002 and 2004, Baby Einstein's retail revenues increased from $25 million to $165 million.

http://www.viewmark.com/index.cgi?CONTENT_ID=89

Baby Einstein = Big Business

Promote Cognitive Development

Through Engaging & Imaginative Play

Educational Theory

Who was the most influential“teacher” in your early life?

• Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children and adolescents.• Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day.• By the time of high school graduation, American children will have spent more time watching television than in the classroom.

Think About This…

http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

How do television programs portray the American workforce?

The “Indifferent ” Workforce Role Models

Looney ToonsUnemployed

Sesame StreetUnemployed

Mr. RogersOccupation Unknown

The “Good” Workforce Role Models

The Brady BunchMike Brady, Architect

— Architects, except landscape and naval

The Cosby ShowHeathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, Obstetrician / Gynecologist

Clair Huxtable, Lawyer

Family TiesSteven Keaton, Public Radio Executive

— Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers

Star Trek— Science and space exploration

Spongebob SquarepantsSpongebob, Fry Cook— Food services

The “Bad” Workforce Role Models

The FlintstonesFred Flintstone, Quarry worker

— Continuous mining machine operators

• Fred Flintstone works at a rock quarry, operating a dinosaur that crushed stones.• Fred constantly complains about his job and his boss and fantasizes with his co-worker and best friend, Barney Rubble, about being rich. • Each episodes of the Flintstones begins with Fred leaving work as soon as possible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxpPj_Lwk1c

The JetsonsGeorge Jetson, Button Pusher

— Manufacturing

• George Jetson works 3 hours a day and 3 days a week for his short, tyrannical boss named Mr. Cosmo Spacely, owner of the company Spacely Space Sprockets. • George's work day consists of pressing a single computer button. Despite this, characters often complain of exhausting hard labor and difficulties of living with the remaining inconveniences.• Typical episodes involve Mr. Spacelyfiring and rehiring or promoting and demoting George Jetson.

The SimpsonsHomer Simpson, Nuclear Power Plant Safety Inspector

— Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians

• Homer Simpson is an incompetent safety specialist at a nuclear power plant.• Homer often sleeps at work and the opening sequence of each episode shows him casually discarding nuclear waste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vbI-P6mFbg

The Family GuyPeter Griffin, Toy Inspector

• Peter Griffin is an incompetent toy inspector in Quahog, Rhode Island. • Peter is often fired from his job and frequently complains about work.

King of the HillHank Hill, Propane Salesman— Sales worker supervisors

• Hank Hill works as the Assistant Manager of a propane retail store.• Hank loves his job and often speaks to the benefits of using propane, however, he is abused by his boss and underpaid for his efforts. • Peggy Hill works as a substitute teacher and volunteers for the PTA.

BewitchedDarrin Stephens, Advertising Executive

— Advertising, marketing, and public relations

• Darrin Stephens works as an advertising executive who is constantly trying to please his boss.• Darrin is often portrayed as incompetent and his wife’s magical powers are required to help him succeed at work.

CheersSam Malone, Bartender— Small business ownerDiane Chambers, Waitress

— Food and beverage workers

• Sam Malone is a recovering alcoholic who owns a bar and constantly struggles to make ends meet. • Diane Chambers is a well-educated waitress who is perpetually under-employed.

• Frasier Crane is a psychiatrist who is obsessed with his former patient, Diane. • Norm is a bar patron who works infrequently and spend most of his time in the bar.

Laverne & ShirleyBrewery bottle cappers

— Food‐processing occupations

Married... with ChildrenAl Bundy, Shoe Salesman— Retail salespersons

RoseanneDan Conner, Contractor— Construction managers

WKRP in CincinnatiDr. Johnny Fever, Radio Disc Jockey

— Announcers

Welcome Back, KotterGabe Kotter, High‐school Teacher

— Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary

From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Strangelove, from the grave robbers of yesteryear to the cloners of today, scientists in movies are almost invariably mad, evil, antisocial, clumsy or eccentric. And science and technology themselves are usually seen as forces of destruction rather than of good.

How Do We Portray Science in Films & TV?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4D61E38F932A35751C1A96E958260

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4D61E38F932A35751C1A96E958260

Do you remember?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ

With role models like these, the following statistics should

come as no surprise.

Out of 100 Ohio

9th GradeStudents…

Source: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, April 2004

79%Graduate

High School on

Time

Source: NCES Common Core of Data – October 2005 for the school year 2002‐2003

40% Attend College


26% Are Still

Enrolled As Sophomores


20% Graduate Within 6 Years of

High School

Source: Ohio Board of Regents, 2008 Report of Graduation Outcomes

60% Of College Graduates Employed Within 6 Months

3.5% Obtain a Master’s

OrProfessional

Degree

1% Obtain A DoctoralDegree

Do grades matter?Yes and No.

• A growing body of evidence suggests grades don't predict success; C+ students are the ones who end up running the world. • Students often learn the most from the classes in which they fail to achieve above average grades. • Success is more likely to come from unrelenting curiosity than academic achievement. http://www.macleans.ca/education/postsecondary/article.jsp?content=20070910_109139_109139&page=3

Don’t Underestimate Drop-Outs or Overvalue Academic Achievement

Albert Einstein: Nobel Prize-winning physicist; "Time" magazine's "Man of the Century" (20th century) (after dropping out of high school, he studied on his own and passed the entrance exam on his second try to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts.htm

John D. Rockefeller Sr.: Self-made billionaire American businessman-philanthropist; co-founder of "The Standard Oil Company;" history's first recorded billionaire (dropped out of high school two months before graduation; took business courses for ten weeks at Folsom Mercantile College [a chain business school])


Henry Ford: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; assembly-line auto manufacturing pioneer; founder of the "Ford Motor Company"


Walt Disney: Oscar-winning American film/TV producer; animation and theme park pioneer; self-made multimillionaire founder and spokesperson of "The Walt Disney Studios/Company; "Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient; French Legion of Honor admittee/Medal recipient (received honorary high-school diploma from hometown high school at age 58)


Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States; (little formal education - Lincoln himself estimated approximately one year; home schooling/life experience; later earned a law degree through self study of books that he borrowed from friends)


Diana, Princess of Wales


Dave Thomas: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder-spokesperson of the "Wendy's" fast-food restaurant chain (equivalency diploma)


Andrew Carnegie: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman and philanthropist (elementary school dropout)


Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"): Best-selling American author and humorist (elementary school dropout)


Thomas Edison: Self-made multimillionaire, most famous and productive inventor of all time; invented the filament electric light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera; electrical power usage pioneer; Congressional Gold Medal recipient; knighted (France: bestowed the rank of Chevalier, (had no formal education - home schooled)


Benjamin Franklin: American politician -diplomat - author - printer -publisher-scientist -inventor; co-author and co-signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; one of the founders of The United States of America; face is pictured on the U.S. one-hundred dollar bill (little formal education [less than two years]; home schooling/life experience)


Orville & Wilbur Wright: Aviation pioneers; Congressional Gold Medal recipients


Bill Gates: Self-made billionaire; computer pioneer; founder of Microsoft; Harvard University drop-out


Why is post-secondary education important? Most drop-outs do not go on to change the world.

Source: Ohio Department of Job & Family Services, Bureau of Labor Market Information

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When do we need to start thinking about cultivating talent?

Realistically, when is our best chance to begin the process of cultivating talent?

"There's increasing evidence that children gain a lot from going to preschool," says Kathleen McCartney, PhD, Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education. • At preschool, children become exposed to numbers, letters, and shapes. And, more important, they learn how to socialize – get along with other children, share, and learn to effectively communicate. • Children who attend high-quality preschools enter kindergarten with better pre-reading skills, richer vocabularies, and stronger basic math skills than those who do not.

Preschool & Kindergarten Are The Building Blocks Of Life-Long Education

http://www.parents.com/preschoolers/learning/preparing-preschool/why-preschool-matters/

http://www.parents.com/preschoolers/learning/preparing-preschool/why-preschool-matters/

Think About What You Can Do To Make School Cool

http://www.theblueschool.org/media/popup_npr.html

Cultivate Courageous & Innovative Thinkers

http://www.theblueschool.org/media/popup_npr.html

1. More Time: KIPP students receive a significantly greater amount of instructional time than their peers attending non-KIPP schools. 2. Choice and Commitment: The decision to join a KIPP program is a choice exercised by all parents, students, and staff. 3. Power to Lead: KIPP school leaders are empowered to make timely decisions involving staffing, curriculum and instruction, and other day to day operational decisions. 4. Focus on Results: All decisions made within KIPP schools are made based on sound empirical sources of information. 5. High Expectations: KIPP program administrators expect that all scholars will go on to high performing college preparatory high schools and will have the character and leadership skills necessary to for success throughout their lives.

Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) – The Five Pillars

http://www.kipp.org/01/fivepillars.cfm

http://www.kipp.org/01/fivepillars.cfm

Help Students Connect The

Dots Between Academics & Employment

Programs That Work For Employers & The Future Workforce

Apprenticeships—On‐the‐job training and related classroom instruction provides students with an opportunity to learn the practical and theoretical aspects of highly skilled occupations. Joint employer and labor groups, individual employers and employer associations sponsor apprenticeship programs.

Internships—While spending time in a business, industry or other organization, students gain insight into and direct experience with different types of work environments. Internships can be paid or unpaid.

Job shadowing and mentoring days — These activities are designed to allow students to "shadow" or observe workplace mentors as they go through a normal day on the job. Job shadowing and mentoring provide students with a realistic look at the workplace.

School‐based enterprises — Tapping into entrepreneurial talents, students organize into a group to produce goods or services for sale. Your success as a business leader places you in a position to offer advice to these future entrepreneurs.

Service learning — Students expand their horizons by combining meaningful community service with academic learning, personal growth and civic responsibility.

Programs That Work For Employers & The Future Workforce

Work‐based learning experiences can help students…* develop positive work attitudes and behaviors;* learn general workplace readiness skills as well as job‐specific skills;* gain exposure to diverse working environments;* apply practical theories learned in the classroom to your business;* clarify and get excited about their career choices; and* network with potential employers.

Work‐Based Learning: A Win‐Win ExperienceEmployers benefit from work‐based learning experiences as well. Companies that institute mentoring, job‐shadowing, apprenticeship and internship programs learn firsthand how the next generation of workers can contribute. More importantly, businesses that implement these programs cultivate their next generation of qualified workers and attract new customers.

Benefits Work-Based Learning Programs

http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Academic/Workbased/

http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Academic/Workbased/

http://www.sandiaprep.org/

http://www.sandiaprep.org/

Ron Briley has taught history at Sandia Prep since 1978 and has served as Assistant Headmaster since 1986. Ron is known nationally for his “Film & History”course, which examines modern U.S. history through it portrayal on the silver screen. Ron’s teaching has earned recognition from numerous state and national teaching organizations. He is the author of over 50 scholarly articles and three academic books.

http://www.sandiaprep.org/other/Newsweek%2005%20Best%20Schools%20Other%20Winning%20Equations.pdf

http://www.sandiaprep.org/other/Newsweek 05 Best Schools Other Winning Equations.pdf



College should not be the ultimate goal for any student.

At best, it should be a part of the goal for some students.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/careers/2008/08/28/the-6-coolest-jobs-for-weird-majors.html

Stand Out From The Rest Of The HerdChoose a major or vocation based on your interests, not the

interests of your friends, parents or professors.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/careers/2008/08/28/the-6-coolest-jobs-for-weird-majors.html

Independent Study, or I.S., is the most distinctive feature of a Wooster education. Each Wooster senior creates an original research project, written work, performance, or exhibit of artwork, supported one-on-one by a faculty mentor. According to U.S. News & World Report, college presidents and deans consider I.S. one of the best senior capstone programs in the country.

The College of Wooster

http://www.wooster.edu/news/0506/USNews05.php



The Sandbox Metaphor

Think About What You Can Do To Make Work Wonderful

• Three out of 4 young professionals under the age of 28 place more importance on the quality of the community than the availability of jobs. (Source: Next Generation Consulting, February 2002).

• In 2007, Ohio’s population of 18 to 24-year-olds increased by only 0.2 percent, and Ohio’s population of 22 to 44-year-olds decreased by 1.2 percent.

• By the time they’re 32 years old, many young professionals have had up to nine jobs (Source: Time Magazine)

The easiest way to make work wonderful is to make the workplace as fun and worker-friendly as possible.

Among other things, cater to your employees’ inner-child.

Where would you do your best work?

Lucas Studios

Red Bull Beverages

RED BULL beverage co.

Red Bull Beverages

PIXAR animation

Pixar Animation

Googlehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90Zs60HXms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90Zs60HXms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90Zs60HXms

Public School Teacher’s

Lounge and/or State

Government Office?

Have You Heard About Inventionland?• Inventionland is a cutting-edge 110,000 square foot invention factory located in Pittsburgh, PA.• Inventionland helps inventors bring their inventions to market and provides a wide range of services including research, industrial design, virtual reality, product samples, packaging, presentation for possible licensing, and royalty management.• The interior of Inventionland has the look and feel of a Walt Disney theme park and is intended to fuel the creative spirit of employees.

http://www.inventionland.com/

http://www.inventionland.com/

Office Olympics1. Set the date, i.e., generate buzz by hanging up posters.

2. Set the patriotic mood, i.e., make fake torches, get the Olympic rings going, and make sure to define your Olympics.

3. Pick your events, e.g., chair races, flonkerton, musical chairs, dixie cup bowling.

4. Closing ceremonies, i.e., present gold, silver and bronze medals for each event.

Other Ways to Make Your Office Awesome

Office Olympics

Video Games at Work? Forget the coffee. Companies are setting up break rooms with video games to create a fun office atmosphere and‐‐believe it or not‐‐increase productivity.

Be sure to select appropriate games for office play. For example, Grand Theft Auto and other violent games may not be appropriate for team‐building exercises.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/managingemployees/article179274.html

Other Ways to Make Your Office Awesome

http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/managingemployees/article179274.html

• Gartner Dataquest reported in 2008 that 25% of workers telecommuted in 2007, and in their recent 2009 projections, they estimate that number to hit 27.5%.

• Companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, eBay, Gartner, Goldman Sachs, Principal Financial Group, S.C. Johnson & Son, Yahoo, and Qualcomm, continue to lead the pack with their flexible work and telecommuting benefits.

Good Employees Work At Home; Embrace Telecommuting!

Telecommuting Global Trends• Most of the “best companies to work for” allow their employees to telecommute from home and/or WI-FI hot spots.

• Corporations that truly “trust”their employees to work from home see the benefits of telecommuting on their balance sheets.

• More than 100 million workers telecommute worldwide.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113580995979333301-6ANvgIMzC_rl0EmtbU0VzD3tuTY_20061228.html?mod=rss_free



• Environmentally-friendly• Unproductive time becomes productive time• Employees experience less time off due to illness, and won't take as much time off for personal issues• Employees will work at least the normal length of the average work day and are less likely to waste time “gossiping” with co-workers• Employers can reduce other perks of the job such as mileage reimbursement and company cars• Employers who offer telecommuting opportunities appear more appealing to new employees and, additionally, reduce the turnover rate of existing employees

Benefits of Telecommuting

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/235832/telecommuting_the_pros_and_cons_to.html?cat=55

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/235832/telecommuting_the_pros_and_cons_to.html?cat=55

If you think virtual meetings are a joke, think again!

AccentureAdidasAmerican ApparelArmaniBen & Jerry'sBMW Calvin KleinCisco SystemsCoca-ColaColdwell BankerDell Computer

Domino's PizzaFujitsu SiemensH&R BlockIBMIntelKraft FoodsMajor League BaseballMazda MotorMercedes-BenzMicrosoft Nissan

PeugeotReebokReutersSamsungSearsSonySprintSun MicrosystemsToyotaWarner BrothersXerox

The following companies maintain a virtual presence in Second Life:

SUN Microsystems Virtual Press Conference in Second Lifehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmMeLo4Wz7o

Doing Business 2008 Report Gets a Second Life - World Bankhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpbuW-s-oNI

Business in Second Life Discussion - The Sunday Timeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZlV2srUIE

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/02/using_second_li.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmMeLo4Wz7o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpbuW-s-oNI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZlV2srUIE

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/02/using_second_li.html

Santa Clara Law School Hosts Open House in Second Life

In what was considered the first event of its kind, Santa Clara University School of Law held an open house in the virtual world of Second Life on Jan. 22, 2009.

Visitors to Second Life, an Internet‐based universe where real‐life users assign themselves as cartoon characters and go to virtual, animated locations, visited Santa Clara Island to see the school’s virtual campus.

The event was designed to attract potential students and emphasize the law school's close ties with the technology industry in the Silicon Valley area of California.

"We need to meet prospective law students where they are, and more and more, we find potential law students on various online arenas, including virtual worlds," said Julia Yaffee, senior assistant dean of external relations, in a press release.

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202427637004

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202427637004

“Research has consistently shown that whom you know has a significant impact on what you come to know, because relationships are critical for obtaining information, solving problems, and learning how to do your work.”

‐ Rob Cross, The Hidden Power of Social Networks

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Social Networking Can Breed Business

http://talentreadiness.wordpress.com/



http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=&articleId=9128118&taxonomyId=&intsrc=kc_feat




• A recent Gallup Q12 survey designed to measure employee engagement demonstrates that only 28% of American workers are actively engaged at work. The semi‐annual employee engagement index by Gallup also revealed that 54% of employees are not engaged and 17% are actively disengaged.

•When employees join an organization, they are usually highly engaged. But often, the first year on the job is their best. Research by the Gallup Organization reveals that the longer an employee stays with a company, the less engaged he or she becomes.

Cultivating Talent Means Keeping Talent Actively Engaged

http://superperformance.com/28percentengaged.html

Regional Organizations, i.e., Our Partners

HYPEMayor Mallory’s Young

Professional Kitchen Cabinet

MotivAsians of ClevelandYoung Directors at the Center for

Families and ChildrenCleveland Professional 20/30 ClubCity Club New LeadersCleveland Bridge BuildersGroup of Aspiring Leaders at the

Cleveland ClinicUrban League of Greater Cleveland

Young ProfessionalsThe Young Latino Network

FirstEnergy YP OrganizationYoung Professionals Council of AkronTorchbearers of AkronYoungstown 2010

Columbus Young Professionals ClubArt netWorkAmerican Cancer Society Young Professionals GroupCapital Club’s Young Executive BoardGreen ColumbusGenWexNextGen DublinUnited Way Young Leadership Group

DaytonCREATEThe Center for Civic and Urban Engagement at Wittenberg

EPIC ToledoToledo's Young Professional InitiativeGreater Toledo Urban League Young Professionals

A Few Things Every Boss Can Do To Cultivate Top Talent…

Some Management Styles Inspire Loyalty

Other Management Styles Inspire Betrayal

Studies have shown that retaining top talent comes down to three key strategies.

What Keeps Talented Workers Content?

http://www.keepem.com/doc_files/Ret_Drivers_Report_081204(ext).pdf

http://www.keepem.com/doc_files/Ret_Drivers_Report_081204(ext).pdf

Management Styles That Inspire Loyalty

Golden Rule of Supervision Ask employees what they want and need to do their work and what it takes to keep them.

Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood Provide constant feedback — clearly, truthfully, and respectfully—and, in return, listen closely and carefully.

Praise in Public, Criticize in PrivateLook for creative, meaningful ways to recognize and reward workers.

Sow Seeds of Support and Cultivate Continual Learning and GrowthRemember That Cultivation Requires Constant AttentionFind ways to continuously develop and grow workers’ talents.

Don’t Be The Oppressive ThumbHelp workers identify opportunities for moving laterally and vertically.

Facilitate The Development Of TalentLink workers to mentors, coaches, leaders, or colleagues for guidance and support.

Work Environment – Create One That WorksLet Fun Happen Happy employees are productive employees.

Keep Your Office Door Open Share information freely and regularly.

Value Employees’ Skills & Abilities Give people space— providing the freedom to get the job done in ways that work best for them, from their schedule and attire to theirapproach and process.

Nutter has consistently been rated one of the “Best Places to Work” in Massachusetts. Last year, Nutter ranked in the top 20 mid‐sized businesses in Massachusetts based on scores in a range of criteria that included work environment, work‐life balance, job satisfaction, advancement opportunities, compensation and benefits.

Great Companies To Work For Know That It Takes More Than A Cool Workplace To Cultivate Top Talent.

http://www.nutter.com/publications_events.php?NewsID=689

http://www.nutter.com/publications_events.php?NewsID=689

Mentoring Works!!!Nutter has traditionally been a firm that has thrived on close working relationships among its partners, associates and staff. In 2002, the firm instituted the Associate Mentoring Program, a formal program designed with the assistance of an outside consultant. This program ensures that associates have time with senior lawyers that is outside the context of day‐to‐day work on client matters, so that they may gain from their experience and judgment on matters of professional development in confidence.

In addition to taking part in weekly "nuts and bolts" legal seminars, clerks at Nutter spend their summers working with attorneys in and out of the office. Nutter aggressively encourages partners and associates to bring summer associates along to court, to closings, to events where they can see lawyers at all levels in action. Nutter also sponsors monthly “wine downs”where staff are treated to wine and h'orderves.

Meaningful Work Means More Than Free Food

(But Free Food Is Still Cool)

• Plant Seeds of Talent• The Sooner You Begin, The Better• TV Has A Huge Influence On Americans; Use It To Your Advantage• Don’t Underestimate Drop-Outs or Overvalue Academic Achievement • Foster Creativity & Allow It To Flourish• Help Students Connect The Dots Between Academics & Employment • Work-Based Learning Works• Do What You Like; Weird Majors Make For Interesting Careers• Find Your Sandbox• Make Classrooms/Workplaces More Fun & Student/Worker Friendly• Telecommuting Comes Down To Trusting Employees• Virtual Meetings and Social Networking Can Improve Business• Keep Talent Engaged Via Meaningful Work & Growth Opportunities

Recap (Lessons Learned)

For More Information, Contact…Brian Mannal, Assistant Director Workforce and Talent DivisionOhio Department of Development77 South High Street, 28th FloorColumbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: 614-466-4271E-mail: [email protected]

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