Developing, managing, and retaining top performers.

Case#: 2284.

The 13 articles in this Harvard Management Update collection provide readers comprehensive yet concise resources for creating a work environment and implementing professional practices that will enable them to develop, manage, and retain their top-performing employees. Articles in the first two sections of the collection--"Developing Them" and "Managing Them"--address topics ranging from tips for rapid onboarding and building new and long-term managers' capabilities to examinations of your organization's expectations, rewards, and systems for feedback and employee development. The final section, "Retaining Them," offers valuable content in the five articles "Do People Want to Work for You?" "Are You Giving Top Performers a Reason to Stay?" "Dealing with the Real Reasons People Leave," "Retaining Top Performers During Change," and "A New Approach to Keeping Your Best on Board." At a time when demographic changes translate into the retirement of highly trained and highly placed baby boomers in the next few years, this collection is a must-read for ensuring that your organization's future leaders are prepared.