High-maintenance Employees: Why Your Best People Will Also Be Your Most Difficult...and What You Can Do About It

by Katherine Graham-Leviss

Every day, managers find themselves wondering what to do about Joe. That is, "Joe is a brilliant employee, a visionary. But no one can work with him because he's so unapproachable." What do they do?

High-Maintenance Employees is the first book to give managers detailed guidance on how to get the best out of high-maintenance high-performers--visionary employees who are difficult to keep on track. Kathi Graham-Leviss has spent the last 20 years coaching companies on how to improve their results, and realized that the No. 1 problem facing companies was how to manage these essential employees.

High-Maintenance Employees takes the reader on a step-by-step process that

--Identifying and appreciating high-maintenance high-performers
--Understanding their behavior
--Creating the best work environment
--Rewarding and leading high-maintenance high-performers
--Integrating them into teams

By following these steps, managers will learn how to maximize their employees' performance, and thereby maximize their business.

188 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005