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Summary: Making

It All Work

Excellence results from dedication to daily progress.
Making something a little bit better every day.
—Robert Hall, Indiana University
It is commitment, not authority, that produces results.
—William L. Gore, founder and
CEO, W.L. Gore & Associates
n this chapter we’ll take everything in this book and translate
Iit into a strategy you can easily implement and use to retain
your top employees.
The issue of retention is generally stressful for most man-
agers. Managing high performing employees can also be stress-
ful at times. Combine the two and consider the issue of retain-
ing top employees and you have a recipe for mega-stress. In
this chapter we’ll discuss four ways to reduce the stress
involved in retaining top performers while maximizing the appli-
cability of all you’ve learned so far.

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