As the economy continues to pick up, there is much less financial pressure for employees to remain in their jobs. In that regard, organizations are focusing on creating knowledge retention programs to keep talented employees and retain the knowledge of retiring baby-boomer employees. What does this mean for your organization? Focusing [...]
Do you want to increase employee productivity? Do you want to change your organizational culture and/or improve your bottom line? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you should consider and embrace the idea of using an engagement survey. […]
Every time that we work with a new client, we always ask them “how is your retention?” This is an important issue to me, because our business (HR) is about people, but for many organizations, retention is a financial issue. There have been numerous studies during the last two years about [...]
Right Management recently released the results of a survey of over 500 US companies that found that only half of major organizations regard talent management as a top priority. Truthfully, I was shocked by these results. As we usher in a new year under tough economic times, how do companies expect [...]
They say the first impression is the last impression. If this is the case, why do so many organizations ignore the opportunity to make the first impression of their company a great one for their new employees?
There has been much discussion about the subject of stress in the workplace over the years. I don’t know if we can ever create totally stress free work environments because of the challenges in today’s world, our competitive businesses and the expectations in both the private and public sector; however, there [...]
Businesses make decisions concerning where to invest their dollars based on either financial or resource areas. Sometimes these decisions are based on both. As always, it’s a difficult decision because you want to hire more people to do the work, but you don’t always have the work to hire the people right away. Consequently, decisions on where and when to invest can be daunting.
Over the last several years, many organizations have experienced downsizing, reduced benefits and deep budget cuts. This has left many organizations wondering how they can reward and retain key employees, without breaking the bank. In the current economy, many employers feel as if their hands are tied. While they want to retain talent to remain competitive, they are simply unable to offer employees raises, bonuses or better benefits.
I recently attended an HR Leadership Forum meeting in Arlington, VA on Friday October 5th where Dr. Craig Simpson, with ORTalent, Inc., spoke on “Unlocking the Hidden Psychological Drivers of Leadership Performance.” Dr. Simpson provided some interesting statistics showing that in the first 18 months 30% of internally promoted executives and [...]
If you’re like many Generation Xers today, you may be expecting the impending retirement of millions of Baby Boomers to boost the job market and open up a massive number of senior level opportunities. It seems like a natural progression of events and one which will fix today’s tight job market. [...]