HOW TO READ THIS BOOK

How do you like to read a book? Start at the beginning and read to the end? Start at the end, and then circle back to the beginning? Skim, scan, and then dive in when a topic really grabs your interest? Any of these approaches will work fine with Love ’Em or Lose ’Em.

In any case, we’d recommend you read Ask and Buck early, as these two chapters support all the others. They introduce you to the love ’em approach, teach you how to hold stay interviews, and get you thinking about the crucial role you play in the engagement/retention challenge.

We also suggest you take just a few moments to check out your beliefs about managing, engaging, and retaining others by completing a manager self-test called The Retention/Engagement Index (REI). The results will direct you to chapters you might want to read soon.