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In my first podcast interview with Eric Herrenkohl, I asked him how a small business can find and hire “A-Players.”  I also picked his brain on how high achieving employees can position themselves as “A-Players” to potential employers.

His insight was so revealing and potentially game changing for anyone who takes the time to listen.  In today’s podcast interview, Eric tells me about how an organization can keep their “A-Players.”

What are “A-Players?”  They’re the top performers in your organization; the people who are making the most sales, rocking their careers, and taking charge of their work and life.  They are the people you wish you had 100 more of.  Thing is, if you only have one A-Player on your team you are at great risk.  Why?  Because when the economy turns around, that A-Player is going to leave you.  That’s right.  Your shining star is going to find a brighter galaxy where she can learn to be better, faster, and stronger.

Unless you learn and implement the techniques that will keep your A-Players fulfilled and happy.

You want your dream to work?  You want to love your work and your life?  So do your A-Players.  Listen to this podcast with Eric Herrenkohl and learn how to make a win-win situation for you and your A-Players.

And for a complete how-to guide for finding and keeping A-Players, pick up Eric’s fantastic book How to Hire A-Players: Finding the Top People for Your Team- Even If You Don’t Have a Recruiting Department.

About Eric Herrenkohl

Eric Herrenkohl is the founder and president of Herrenkohl Consulting, a firm that helps small and mid-sized businesses build A-player teams.

In addition to authoring How to Hire A-Players, Eric serves as an expert author for Monster.com. His work has been cited by Fox News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Inc.com, Careerbuilder.com, Running Intelligence, the SHRM Consultants’ Forum, Carlson Hotels’ Voyageur Magazine, Forconstructionpros.com and MSNBC.com. He is the author of Performance Principles, a highly-regarded e-letter in the small and mid-sized business space. Performance Principles reaches over 85,000 subscribers across the globe and material from it is reproduced in a number of business and educational publications.

Previous to founding Herrenkohl Consulting in 2002, Eric was an executive recruiter, working with Fortune 500 and mid-market companies to identify and recruit CFOs, Controllers and financial staff for their organizations. He also spent seven years in the sales incentive industry, working with manufacturers in the high-tech, automotive, and capital equipment industries. During his years in the incentive industry, Eric operated one of the first electronic incentive systems to be granted a U.S. patent. His clients there included IBM, Lexmark, Congoleum Flooring, Saturn Car Company, and others. Eric also brings experience in the non-profit sector, working with boards, raising funds, and developing volunteer leaders.

Eric received his undergraduate degree in economics and history from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Eric and his wife have four children and live in greater Philadelphia.

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