A podcast with Erika Andersen - Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers.

Erika Andersen

If you've been thrown into a role of managing people, this is the book for you. If you want to improve your hiring skills and get beyond the cookie-cutter questions everyone asks, Growing Great Employees will help you do that. Erika offers practical methods and skills for individuals, teams and companies to clarify and then achieve their hoped-for-future.

Much of Erika's recent work has focused on organizational visioning and development, executive coaching, and collaborative change and learning. In these capacities she has served as consultant and adviser to the CEOs and top executives of her client corporations.

Background:
(Source: Proteus International)
You hire good people, and you want to help them achieve their potential. How do you do it?

A cornerstone to any strategy for growing great employees is to make sure they have the skills they need to succeed in their jobs. Often, organizations do an excellent job of helping their employees gain critical technical and business skills – but are less successful in supporting their employees' skill development in two other key areas: skills for managing and developing others; and skills for working productively with many different types of people. Since 1980 Erika Andersen has become known for her ability to create learning solutions uniquely tailored to her clients' challenges, goals, and culture. She focuses on thoroughly understanding each organization and on designing approaches that are engaging, direct, simple, and "learner-friendly."

Peter Block has said of her work, "You have a wonderful gift and talent for taking the essence of things and expressing them in a simple, yet powerful way." Erika uses metaphor and models to help people learn about themselves and their organizations, and then to decide how to move toward the future they envision. While she encourages clients to think deeply and to examine their assumptions and patterns of behavior, she also offers practical methods and skills for individuals, teams, and companies to achieve their hoped-for-future.

About Proteus
We take our name from the Greek god Proteus, who changed form at will and who could see the future. We believe that the future belongs to those individuals and organizations that can change and grow to meet its new demands. Acting on this belief, we help our clients achieve their hoped-for-future by Strengthening Leaders, Clarifying Vision and Strategy, and Building Skills and Knowledge.

Resources:
Proteus International
Growing Great Employees
Erika's Blog

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