Retention

Craft strategy to retain your best employees

08/23/2013

It’s getting a lot easier for your most valued employees to find jobs at other companies. And if your retention efforts aren’t better than your competitors’ recruiting, you stand a good chance of losing your star employees.

Understand the Millennials working in your midst

06/05/2013

Researchers who studied PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Millennial employees found that several factors are key to retaining today’s youngest workers and helping them succeed.

Overlooked retention tool: Show employees a future path

05/03/2013

Many employers are missing out on a simple, no-cost way to retain employees—communicate your promotions and promotion policies.

Reinstate fun, family focus to recruit and retain

04/04/2013

If your organization is suffering a post-recession exodus of its most valuable employees, here’s an old-school idea to stop the drain: Add job perks that your competitors don’t offer.

Consulting firm offers ‘no unwanted travel’

04/01/2013

Slalom Consulting guarantees its employees that all of its clients are local, so they don’t have to travel if they don’t want to. That guarantee draws travel-weary consultants and new grads who don’t want to stray too far from home who, in turn, keep hiring and retention rates high.

Abbott touts innovation to recruit, retain scientists

01/16/2013

Abbott Laboratories’ strategy for recruiting and retaining employees reaches beyond touting its health, retirement and work/life benefits. The Abbott Park, Ill., pharmaceutical company gives equal play to its employees’ cutting-edge research.

Boost retention: Focus on every new employee’s ‘5 Firsts’

11/08/2012

Keeping your best people doesn’t have to take a lot of time. All it really takes are small doses of quality time that make the most of first impressions. Hiring and retention guru Mel Kleiman offers a five-stage timetable for getting new hires to peak performance and keeping them there.

Turn your recognition program on its head with peer-to-peer initiatives

11/07/2012

Is your recognition program a top-down affair, with execs deciding how to sprinkle around the praise and prizes? Actually, studies show peer-to-peer recognition can boost employee morale and productivity more than traditional reward programs. Some examples:

Keeping the best: 11 ways to retain key talent

09/17/2012

To thrive in today’s economy, employers must focus retention efforts on their highest performers. Here’s how:

Take steps to make a ‘newbie’ feel welcome

01/26/2012

Just as communication at the beginning of a marriage can indicate if it will end in divorce, the foundation established early on with a new hire is crucial to productivity, engagement and retention. Onboarding programs yield the best results if they cover these five areas: clarification, connection, culture, compliance and check back.