The document discusses finding and retaining top talent. It notes that negative emotions can get in the way of high achievement. It asks how taking a "yes, and" approach to recruiting and onboarding can help attract extraordinary talent. The document includes polls to choose elements of a story, such as the best hero or setting. It suggests ways to show you "got their back" during recruiting like listening to understand and customizing the experience.

11. What gets in the way of
finding and retaining
the best talent?

12. Stop, Collaborate & Listen

19. Poll – What makes a great story?
1.) Emotion
2.) The right hero
3.) Twists and Turns
4.) Structure

23. Video

25. What are the ways you could
show “Got Your Back” during
recruiting or onboarding?

33. “The real benefit of supporting
ideas leads to more ideas.”
- Tom Yorton, CEO Second City Works

34. Research shows that the brain
cannot maintain a level of high
function and achievement in a
negative emotional environment.
Dr. Henry Cloud, "Boundaries for Leaders"

36. What gets in the way of
finding and retaining
the best talent?
How can “Yes, And” help
your recruiting and retention
of extraordinary talent?

40. VIDEO

42. Poll Question
Choose a FIRST LINE:
- What does your company do again?
- How many days off will I get in the first year?
- If you could change faces with anybody,
whose face would you want?
- On a scale of 1 to awesome, how hard do
you work?

43. Poll Question
Choose an EMOTION
- Angry
- Suspicious
- Euphoria
- Sarcastic

44. Poll Question
Choose a SETTING:
- Cruise Ship
- Dentist Office
- Factory Floor
- Restaurant

50. ● Listen to Understand
● Customize the Story
● Say ‘Yes, And” to let them know you’ve “Got their
back”
● Humanize the metrics