<img class="alignleft  wp-image-7116" title="6a00e54f9234088833017744251449970d-800wi" src="http://leadchangegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/6a00e54f9234088833017744251449970d-800wi-200x300.jpeg" alt="" width="180" height="270" />In this post, Anne Giles Clelland discusses an upcoming book by Lead Change Instigator Julie Winkle Giulioni.

"When I read a list of tips from Beverly Kaye's and Julie Winkle Giulioni's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609946324/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1609946324&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=handsh20-20">Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want</a>, I wondered about the Return on Investment, the ROI, of following these tips vs. the ROI of just doing the work.  Who has time to "Just talk with people"?

As a business owner, I need to be convinced that the time I take to talk to people will produce more revenue - and therefore guarantee my employees their salaries - than if I and they just buckle down and get the job done.  Intuitively, I believe the authors' tips have merit, but I need to know the numbers in order to be convinced." Read the full article <a href="http://www.handshake20.com/2012/08/help-them-grow-or-watch-them-grow.html">here</a>.