Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers

309 Pages·2007·1.78 MB·English

by  Erika Andersen

Photo Credit by Dion Ogust
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GROWING GREAT EMPLOYEES

Erika Andersen is the founder of Proteus International, a consulting firm that
works with CEOs and top executives of many major corporations, including
Molson Coors Brewing, MTV Networks, Union Square Hospitality Group,
PepsiCo, Turner Broadcasting, Comcast, Lifetime Television, and Madison
Square Garden. Erika and her family live in Kingston, New York. To arrange a
speaking engagement for Erika, please contact the Penguin Speakers Bureau at
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Growing Great Employees

Turning Ordinary People into
Extraordinary Performers
Erika Andersen
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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Andersen, Erika.
Growing great employees: turning ordinary people into extraordinary
performers / Erika Andersen.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN: 1-4295-4855-X
1. Supervision of employees. 2. Employees. I. Title.
HF5549.12.A525 2006
658.3'124—dc22 2006046788

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To Dad, for believing in me
To Mom, for the love of language
To M, for your kind gift
To Scott, Rachel, and Ian, for being my home
Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction
1 Preparing the Soil

2 Plan Before You Plant

3 Picking Your Plants

4 Not Too Deep and Not Too Shallow

5 The Gardener’s Mind

6 A Mixed Bouquet

7 Staking and Weeding

8 Letting It Spread

9 Plants into Gardeners

10 How Does Your Garden Grow?

11 Some Plants Don’t Make It
12 The Master Gardener

Index