Why Are We Losing All Our Good People ?  

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Lawler III, Edward E.

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 86 no. 6 (Jun. 2008), page 41-45.
Topik: PEOPLE; loosing; good people

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Mary Donillo, the head of human resources at Sambian Partners, motioned Tom Forsythe, Sambian’s assistant director of commercial design, to a comfortable chair in her office. It was late on a Thursday afternoon, and the Chicago sky looked like slate. The darkness outside made the overhead fluorescent lights in her office seem even more glaring than usual. “Hey, Tom,” she said, adding an extra bit of warmth to her voice. “I was so sorry to hear that you’ve decided to leave. I know your mind is made up - everyone’s already tried to talk you out of it. But I do hope you can help us understand why.” She paused and offered a rueful smile. “It’s a huge loss, but maybe we can learn something from it.” Tom sat stiffly in his chair, one side of his face partially covered by a few strands of dark hair that had escaped his ponytail. The lights brought out the bags under his eyes, and his five o’clock shadow looked more like a seven. With a newborn at home, he probably hadn’t been getting enough sleep, Mary thought. “Well, I think you know that I wasn’t out looking,” Tom said. “Their headhunter came to me, and, what can I say ? It’s an offer I couldn’t refuse. I mean, a direct - admit partnership to J & N ? It really is an opportunity that doesn’t come along often.” Mary couldn’t help blinking at the mention of J & N, Sambian’s much larger competitor. In the past year, it had seemed to step up its raids on Sambian’s talent pool, luring some very capable people over to “the dark side,” as Sambian’s CEO, Helen Gasbarian, liked to call it. “I’m glad for you,” Mary managed to say. “Although I wish it were anywhere else.” “I know.” Mary studied Tom’s face for a moment, wondering how to press for more. No unplanned departure was good news, but this one was really setting off alarm bells. Tom was at the top of his game ; at 35, he’d been with Sambian nearly eight years. The company had been like a family to him, even after he got married and had children. He’d won a slew of design awards, and he was on the CEO’s short list of high performers. Mary could see the attraction of a partnership position. But was that the whole story ? At Sambian, Tom enjoyed the same kind of authority he would have at J & N, if not more. He chose his projects, set his own priorities. Did he know how hard it would be to earn that kind of autonomy at a new firm, partner or no ?

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