Elephants Before Unicorns
eBook - ePub

Elephants Before Unicorns

Emotionally Intelligent HR Strategies to Save Your Company

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Elephants Before Unicorns

Emotionally Intelligent HR Strategies to Save Your Company

About this book

Driven entrepreneurs seem to always be in search of their "unicorn" team—that match made in heaven that opens the door to freedom and endless possibility. Unfortunately, huge obstacles—the "elephants"—tend to get in the way.

Bringing her expertise from HR to EQ, Caroline Stokes offers real-world solutions to the people management problems business owners like you face right now. Dive into this book and learn how to:

  • Hire the right people by taking your time
  • Build an onboarding process that fits your company culture and makes new hires feel welcome
  • Keep employees happy, healthy, engaged, and educated so they always perform their best
  • Think smart before acting so strategies are their most effective
  • Adapt to industry trends and workforce shifts to earn the best results

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Defining Emotional Intelligence
  9. Chapter 2: Discover Your Elephants: Workplace Diagnostic
  10. Chapter 3: Elephant: Your Hiring Process Is Too Fast
  11. Chapter 4: Elephant: No One Likes Your Recruiters
  12. Chapter 5: Elephant: Your Recruiters Don’t Know Their “Why”
  13. Chapter 6: Elephant: Your Employer Brand Isn’t Compelling
  14. Chapter 7: Elephant: Your Onboarding Process Is Outdated and Impersonal
  15. Chapter 8: Elephant: You Don’t Know How to Give and Receive Effective Feedback
  16. Chapter 9: Elephant: Your Employees Are Disengaged
  17. Chapter 10: Elephant: Your Workplace Isn’t Safe for All Employees
  18. Chapter 11: Elephant: You’re Cagey About Negotiation
  19. Chapter 12: Elephant: You and Your Key Hires Don’t Receive Coaching
  20. Chapter 13: Elephant: You’re Addicted to Busy
  21. Chapter 14: Elephant: You Need to Re-Skill Your Teams—But How?
  22. Chapter 15: Elephant: You Resist Emerging Work Trends
  23. Chapter 16: Elephant: You Keep Attracting Fake Unicorns
  24. Chapter 17: A Better Way to Handle Your Elephants
  25. Chapter 18: Where We’re Heading
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. About the Author
  28. Index
  29. Disrupters: Success Strategies From Women Who Break The Mold
  30. Copyright