{"id":4629,"date":"2019-05-03T05:35:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/?p=4957"},"modified":"2019-05-03T05:35:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:35:44","slug":"talent-wanted-how-to-hire-and-retain-skilled-community-association-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/talent-wanted-how-to-hire-and-retain-skilled-community-association-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Talent wanted: How to hire and retain skilled community association managers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recruiting and retaining skilled managers can be challenging for community associations and management companies, especially in a very competitive labor market and with communities limited by tight budgets.<\/p>\n

In this reality, it becomes even more important for associations and management companies to highlight their strengths and address organizational shortcomings, says business speaker and author Peter Sheahan.<\/p>\n

The founder and CEO of Karrikins Group<\/a>, a Denver-based business growth strategy consulting firm, Sheahan has been an innovative business thinker for more than 20 years. He has advised leaders at companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Hyundai, IBM, and Wells Fargo. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also authored seven books, including the recently released Matter: Move Beyond the Competition, Create More Value, and Become the Obvious Choice<\/a><\/em> and Generation Y<\/a><\/em>, a book about the millennial workforce.<\/p>\n

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Peter Sheahan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Generation Y<\/em> came about due to Sheahan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s experience as manager of a hotel in Sydney, Australia. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I noticed there was a very big disconnect between what the young people that I was hiring wanted from their experience of work and what I needed from them at work, as their employer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says.<\/p>\n

Since that formative experience, Sheahan and his team have strived to help company leaders understand ways to attract talented workers.<\/p>\n

“People think that the secret to attracting and retaining talent is little things like, ‘Let’s give them free lunch’ or ‘What perks can we offer?’ or ‘What are our benefits compared to the benefits down the road?’ But at the end of the day, it really comes down to the quality of the organization,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Sheahan says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is it successful? Is it high performing? Because good, smart people want to work in those environments.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Sheahan recommends a few best practices for community associations and management companies for recruiting and retaining talent:<\/p>\n

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    1. Stop thinking about tactics, and start thinking about the performance of the organization.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>The focus should be on building an organization that is robust and resilient. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Great organizations have no trouble attracting and retaining talent,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Sheahan.<\/li>\n
    2. Build a culture that people want to work in.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>The perks and benefits can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be the only lure for bringing in talented workers. Sheahan warns that if the culture doesn’t reflect what was promised to the manager when hired, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You’ll find yourself in bigger trouble.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n
    3. Be courageous<\/strong>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to brave a tight labor market to find talented people, says Sheahan. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also about having the courage to build a high-performing team. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A team is only as strong as its weakest link, so we need to be capable of managing the performance of the underperformers or, at times, even having the courage to move people on,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Sheahan will be one of the keynote speakers at the\u00c2\u00a02019 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: Community NOW<\/a>, May 15-18, in Orlando.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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      In a competitive job market, community associations and management companies must highlight their strengths and address organizational shortcomings to hire and retain top talent, says business speaker and author Peter Sheahan.<\/p>\n

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