The employee relationship is broken, leaving managers with a seemingly impossible dilemma: You can’t afford to treat employees like family (which they never were). But you can’t build a lasting, innovative business when every employee acts like a free agent.

High tech companies in Silicon Valley have found a way around this dilemma, and their solution applies to any industry.  The answer is to stop thinking of employees as family or free agents, and start thinking of them as allies. 

The alliance is a two-way relationship that lets company and employee work together toward common goals, even when some of their interests differ.

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the Authors

REID HOFFMAN
Co-founder and Chairman of LinkedIn

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BEN CASNOCHA
Entrepreneur and Author

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CHRIS YEH
Writer and Investor

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What do people say about the alliance?

“GE is competing in its third century.  The key to sustained performance is developing competitive leaders in every era. The Alliance captures the essence of modern talent development:  trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace. The authors lay out a framework that helps big companies as well as startups develop their people more effectively, while creating a competitive team.” 

– Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE

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