One of the conference paper and presentation was:
“Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay” by Beverly Kaye and Janis L. Keeley
According to Beverly: “Every leader's contribution to their organization's mission and strategic goals is highly correlated to his or her ability to retain, engage, and develop talented, highly skilled, knowledgeable people. Today's leaders are expected to build a work environment in which their key employees thrive, constantly learn and give their discretionary effort to their organization. Talent-minded managers know that if their organization is to be productive and competitive, they must not only 'hang on" to good people, but also continually develop them in order to meet constantly changing business needs. The big question for most leaders is how to do this in a "no-time-to-do-it" environment.”
Wow, that for me is the epitome of "shepherding." Reminds me of Your management style found in John chapters 15-17. Incidentally, last week I submitted my abstract to the Royal University of Phnom Penh for the upcoming Socio-Cultural Research Conference. Let's see if it gets chosen. It's a research on: "why students nowadays don't ask relevant questions in class?" OK, I know, I ask too many questions from you... maybe I have too many doubts and too many curiousities. Hey, I'm not complaining, so far you are giving me answers in prayer.