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How Retention is Like Gardening: At Times, You Need to Change the Soil
“What time did you get in last night,” I asked my daughter. “Around 3 am,” she answered. It was now 5:45 am and I was leaving the house. As I walked downstairs from her room, I shook my head in...
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Why You Should You Care About Why Employees’ Leave
By Leigh Branham The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge –Daniel Boorstin It was almost six weeks since Anna had resigned her position with her former...
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Turnover is Turnover: What Churning Employees Says About Your Culture
“You are not going to believe this, but our admin just quit. She just handed in her two weeks’ notice.” This is the third admin to come in within the past year and within a month all showed signs that...
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Reducing Turnover? Yes, It’s Important, But It’s Not the Real Goal
“Our goal is to reduce turnover by 25 percent.” No, it isn’t. I hope not, at least. Having reduced turnover as a goal leads to all kinds of strange, short-term thinking that lead to deranged...
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10 Tips For Reducing Employee Turnover
Many people agree turnover is a growing issue, particularly as hiring picks up. But what are most organizations doing about it, aside from implementing some short-term solutions when they discover it’s...
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Survey: Half of Companies Report Higher Turnover Than Last Year
For years, there have been worries that there was a big employee exodus coming — when the economy finally started to show some improvement and began growing jobs again. Yes, this has been the worry —...
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Turnover Can Be Good, or Why Great Gardeners Know to Pull a Few Weeds
Two of the most direct, measurable people metrics affected by strategic, social employee recognition are employee engagement and employee retention. Nearly all organizations I consult with cite...
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Hiring Wisdom: The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover
In order to minimize employee turnover, you’ve got to: Hire tough. Set high standards and never lower the bar; Let new employees know why their jobs are important; Never think: ”It’s just an...
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10 Tips For Reducing Employee Turnover
Editor’s note: TLNT is continuing an annual tradition by counting down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 25. Our regular content will return next Monday. Many people agree turnover is a...
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How Employee Turnover Can be a Source of Long-Term Strength
Departing staffers can become a source of new networks and competitive intelligence. Given the effort and expense in recruiting, identifying and hiring talent, organizations want to retain their...
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Will You Be Able to Keep Your Workers From Walking Out the Door?
You made all the right moves the last few years, difficult as they may have been. You took a firm hold of the leadership mantle, turned a discerning eye to your business and streamlined operations to...
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