Fall 2001

RecentLY COMPLETED

 Assignments

·        Chief Financial Officer -

    Major Communications Co.

·        Chief Operating Officer -Healthcare Corp.

·        Controller -

$1 Billion Retailer

·        Chief Medical Officer -

    Health Corp.

·        Executive Director -

 International Non-Profit  

 Assoc.

·        Regional V.P. - $1 Billion Telecommunication

Company

CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS

·        1 - Executive Director-

      Non-Profit

·        1 - Telecommunication

      Manager

·        1 - Country Club–

            General Manager 

·        1 - Insurance Executive

Wood-Snodgrass, Inc.

12980 Metcalf Avenue

Suite 130

Overland Park, KS  66211

Tel:  (913) 681-2200

Toll free:  (800) 207-1958

www.woodsnodgrass.com

Hiring and Keeping Talent

 Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation, was a major best seller, and rightfully so.  Mr. Brokaw profiles a number of men and women who fought in WW II.  A common thread was courage, perseverance and hard work. Those men and women were different from our current generation, most never changing jobs or if they did, it was only once or twice.

             Today’s generation is different. The courage, perseverance and hard work have not changed, witnessed by the heroism and togetherness displayed after tragedy struck New York and Washington D.C.  However, what is different is that men and women do change jobs more frequently now, and quite often.

              Because of this fact, it becomes even more important for employers to keep the “good ones”.  We all know it takes an enormous amount of time and money to find, recruit and hire “talent”.  Unfortunately, too many times after a talented individual is hired, he/she is forgotten, stymied, stonewalled, or simply, mismanaged.  Then when they leave, the organization rarely discovers the real reason for the departure... “I found a better opportunity” or “I couldn’t turn down the offer”, or worse yet, “I didn’t see any future here.”

                So at least two burning questions should be foremost in management’s daily thoughts…, “what can we do to keep our associates happy?” And, “do we have a career path available for them?”

                Give us a call to see how we can partner with your organization when it comes to evaluating your hiring and retention practices.