Values attract top talent
By IMD Lifelong Learning Monday, 12 June 2006
The 'truly talented' are looking for intellectual challenge more than financial reward, according to IMD's visiting professor Catherine A. Ramus.
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Based on a study of US and European MBA students, the research also reveals a highly idealistic strain: 97% wanted to work for an organisation with a good reputation in ethics, CSR and environmental sustainability.
The best route to attracting such employees is to create a value-based management system rather than a system that is responsive to external pressures and develops a compliance culture. In a value-based company employees are encouraged to discuss ethics and values, a factor which is motivating in itself.
Source: Is there room for individual values in your management system?
Cathie Ramus
IMD Lifelong Learning - www.imd.ch
Review by Morice Mendoza
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