The ‘B’ Keepers

The concept of the “keeper test” (who on your team would you fight really hard to keep) in my recent briefing, The Keeper Test, brought lots of comments from our readers, including from my own colleagues. Not everyone is keen on continually cruising to find the “best” executive or manager for a position—if the person currently in that role is doing a “good” job. The comments spoke to the effects of this approach on team building and to the effects on executive turnover. My colleague and OPEN MINDS Executive Vice President, Kimberly Bond, said it best, “We also need . . .