The Engagement Dilemma

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What if your next great hire isn't the one with the perfect résumé... but the one who feels like they belong?</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> The Engagement Dilemma: How to Create a Culture of Belonging</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Dr. Rosalind Cohen flips the script on traditional hiring practices and delivers a refreshingly honest look at what really drives performance retention and team culture. Spoiler: it's not stock options ping pong tables or corporate slogans.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Drawing from 25+ years in HR and her own doctoral research on inclusive leadership Cohen shows how most companies are asking the wrong questions and hiring the wrong people for the right jobs. Through candid stories research-backed insights and laugh-out-loud observations from the front lines she unpacks how to:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Attract candidates who actually want to grow with your team</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ditch the culture fit trap and hire for contribution not conformity</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rethink outdated job descriptions and interview processes</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Train managers to foster trust belonging and real engagement</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Build a workplace where people feel seen heard and valued</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're an HR pro team leader or executive tired of revolving-door hires Hiring for Engagement is your practical punchy guide to building teams that thrive not just survive.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If you're ready to stop hiring for convenience and start hiring for connection this is the book you've been waiting for.</strong></p><p><u style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Dr. Rosalind F. Cohen SPHR SHRM-SCP</u><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a New York native who's spent over 25 years figuring out why workplaces can be so wonderfully terrible-and more importantly how to fix them. After moving around the country more times than she cares to count (seriously the boxes never fully got unpacked) she became something of an expert on belonging and connection. Turns out all that searching for home was excellent preparation for helping organizations create places where people actually want to work.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Currently serving as Chief People Officer at Laird Norton Wetherby she leads with curiosity and empathy to build cultures where team members feel valued for their unique contributions</span></p><p> </p>