Do you work with a Meryl Streep? How to identify and retain star performers
This Sunday, America’s hottest celebrities will walk the red carpet in celebration of the 84th annual Academy Awards. Just because the average person will be watching the celebration at home in their slippers, doesn’t mean they’re not superstars. To help CEOs and other senior executives identify employees worthy of an accolade, Dr. Paul H. Eccher, co-founder and principal of The Vaya Group, a talent management company, and author of Optimizing Talent: What Every Leader and Manager Needs to Know to Sustain the Ultimate Workforce, put together the following list of characteristics that signal superstar employees.
The self-starter
Superstar employees are self-starters who continually take on new challenges and responsibilities, pushing themselves and those around them to step outside of their written job descriptions and think outside the box. In addition, they don’t shy away from making the tough call in order to achieve what’s right for the customer and their company.
