A roadmap for hiring, coaching and motivating top performers
In business, your people are your most important asset. But finding, training and motivating the right people can be daunting and costly. If you want to keep your best employees — and grow your business with their support — then Getting Your People to Step Up is the book for you! Business coach Shivani Gupta reveals seven proven strategies to help you recruit top talent and ensure your employees are happier, more engaged and more productive.
Getting Your People to Step Up offers a no-nonsense approach to hiring, managing and empowering your staff. You’ll learn how to coach your team and be a leader who inspires growth and loyalty. When the right employees are highly engaged and performing, running your business is not only more profitable: it becomes fun!
- Get strategies to recruit and incentivise the best people
- Combat employee burnout and prevent high turnover
- Transform your leadership style and coach for success
- Create a shared vision for your business that unites your team and fosters collaboration
- Communicate more effectively to set expectations and deliver feedback for growth
- Create a positive work environment with a culture of diversity and inclusion
Don’t hire fast and fire faster. Avoid costly mistakes: find the right person for the job, and enable them to thrive. With Getting Your People to Step Up, you’ll learn how to unlock the long-term potential of your team so that your business can truly flourish.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Part I: Attracting the right people 1
1 People need something to believe in: Creating a shared vision 3
2 The right people in the right jobs: Recruiting and incentivising passionate people 27
3 Plan A, B and C: Coaching emerging leaders and developing your succession plan 75
Part II: Retaining the right people 97
4 Believe in people: Fostering friendships and delivering feedback 99
5 Shoshin: Encouraging lifelong learning 125
6 The best of both worlds: Creating a culture of diversity and inclusion 149
7 Managers as coaches: Empowering your managers to coach your people 169
Getting your people to step up 199
Additional Resources 203
About the author
Shivani Gupta is an entrepreneur, business coach and speaker. She has owned and scaled several businesses with exit valuations to the tune of $5M, and she has worked with over 250 companies to help them nurture their most valuable asset: their people.
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