The Value-Added Employee, Second Edition: 31 Competencies to Make Yourself Irresistible to Any Company [Paperback]

EDWARD J. CRIPE President of Merit Performance Inc. professor at Nova Southeastern University Florida (Author), Richard S. Mansfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 26, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0750674512 | ISBN-13: 978-0750674515 | Edition: 2

A handy guide offering a practical plan for targeting skills any employee wants to develop and employers most desire.

It's hard to tell if today's competitive job market is more unsettling for employees seeking job security or companies trying to retain loyal workers. The Value-Added Employee provides fresh insights on what makes employees valuable to the organization and how companies can keep productive employees on the job. Employees will understand how to increase their personal marketability by developing specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Managers and coaches will find the tools and resources to make employees more valuable to the organization. Even policymakers and human resource professionals can drive change and business improvement through the application of competency modeling processes.

The Value-Added Employee is a step-by-step plan for targeting the competencies an employee wants to develop and employers most desire. It discusses 31 core competencies, including interpersonal competencies, business competencies, and self-management competencies.

Designed as a handbook, The Value-Added Employee is a toolkit of ideas and a workbook to be written in and referred to on a regular basis. Through its use, employees and their companies will discover a firm foundation for meeting future goals.


a complete toolkit to increase an employee's value as well as marketability in today's volatile job market.easy-to-use workbook style appeals to professionals as well as academics

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I surprising have found that 'The Value-Added Employee' book has many roles in our organization. First, we use the three competency areas (people, business and self-management) to structure our managers' and employees' professional development. The model and the competencies give the managers and employees a common language to formulate development plans. Second, we give managers a copy of the book to help themselves and their employees understand all the aspects of work competencies and professional development. They both learn together and have a quick reference guide. Then, we also use the book as a 'bible' when we are conducting career planning sessions with employees. In addition, I feel the book can be used as individual self-help guide to career planning. This is definitely one of my favorite tools I use in my organization development role here at Rexall Sundown." - Carlin Murray, Manager, Corporate Learning & Development, Rexall Sundown, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

From the Publisher

It's hard to tell if today's competitive job market is more unsettling for employees seeking job security or companies trying to retain loyal workers. 'The Value-Added Employee' provides fresh insights on what makes employees valuable to the organization and how companies can keep productive employees on the job. Employees will understand how to increase their personal marketability by developing specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Managers and coaches will find the tools and resources to make employees more valuable to the organization. Even policymakers and human resource professionals can drive change and business improvement through the application of competency modeling processes.

'The Value-Added Employee' is a step-by-step plan for targeting the competencies an employee wants to develop and employers most desire. It discusses 31 core competencies, including interpersonal competencies, business competencies, and self-management competencies. Designed as a handbook, ‘The Value-Added Employee' is a toolkit of ideas and a workbook to be written in and referred to on a regular basis. Through its use, employees and their companies will discover a firm foundation for meeting future goals.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (October 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750674512
• ISBN-13: 978-0750674515
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #838,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Highly Useful Guide!, December 6, 1999

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Carlos Quintero (Roswell, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Value-Added Employee: 31 Skills to Make Yourself Irresistible to Any Company (Paperback)

The Value-Added Employee contains some excellent tools to help create specific development plans for people at all levels. The book provides the reader with an understanding of "competencies" and job competency models, concepts that have become popular in recent years with many corporations. Thirty-one competencies are featured, organized into three clear groupings: competencies that are related to working with people, business-related competencies and self-management competencies. As a manager, I partcularly appreciated the suggestions on how I can help develop or strengthen the competency for those I coach. This is a practical book, more like a workbook than a traditional book. HR departments will also find it helpful.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Great job", February 12, 2000

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Phil Jones - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Value-Added Employee: 31 Skills to Make Yourself Irresistible to Any Company (Paperback)

This is an outstanding book. It helped me analyze my strengths and the areas I need to work on to get ahead. Most self-help books are too academic or "motivational". This book seems to reflect what real live corporations are looking for. The writers apparently are not egghead psychologists, but are common sense business people who have successfully implemented competency development systems in major companies. The simple, practical tools for self assessment and career planning included in the book are great. I'm surprised that more organizations haven't adopted this approach. Other non-management employees like myself who are trying to better ourselves would certainly appreciate it.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If Not "Irresistible", At Least Valuable, August 31, 2000

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Robert Morris (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Value-Added Employee: 31 Skills to Make Yourself Irresistible to Any Company (Paperback)

The authors suggest "31 skills to make yourself irresistible to any company" and the 31 are indeed important skills to have mastered. If for whatever reasons you are not now currently "irresistible" to your employer, I strongly urge you to purchase, absorb, and digest this book's excellent content. There are others who will also derive substantial benefit from this book: Those in larger organizations who recruit and hire and/or who have supervisory responsibility for others, those launching a new company who can ill afford to make a mistake when hiring a key person, and those now entering the job market who wish to increase and enhance their appeal to prospective employers. In essence, if employees do not add value, they have no value.