Jeff’s Blog
Assimilation Check Ins
This employee retention speaker and employee retention author has seen more information about regular “check ins” as part of the performance management process. Those check ins seem to focus on how to regularly touch base with an employee after they have been in...
Why Tuition Assistance Works
This employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer finds that tuition assistance is one of the best employee retention tools you can find…particularly for your high potential employees. Yet, so many employers are reluctant to offer it because, “it...
Celebrate Metrics…Don’t beat people up about them
This employee retention speaker and employee retention author has heard about metrics for years and years and years. Mostly in a negative light. Why? Because it seems we only hear about metrics when they don’t meet expectations. When people or organizations do...
See the good in people…and that’s what you will get!
Over the years, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author has heard a variety of sayings about people and how they will perform. One of those sayings has been “See the good in people…and that’s what you will get.” As an HR leader, I always...
Promote Your Own
This employee retention speaker and employee retention author is also a professional recruiter. Or, as some of my colleagues affectionately call me…a “headhunter.” Who better to know how to improve employee retention strategies than someone who steals talent for...
67% Disengaged Employees…Wow!
67% of employees are disengaged or actively disengaged at work according to a Gallup poll. That should scare you to death. That being said, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author is optimistic. Why? We have tons of opportunity to improve...
Time to Use the “F” Word
As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I get so angry at times about organizations that keep making up excuses as to why their employee retention isn’t good that I want to use the “F” word…more than once. For those of you whose mind is in...
Why do you come to work?
This employee retention speaker and employee retention author is fascinated when he hears why people come to work. Aside from money, (unless you are independently wealthy) most people have some very interesting reasons…when asked! Unfortunately, most employers...
Do Valentines Cards Really drive Employee Retention
Recently, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author was reading an article in the Stamford Advocate about how the beginning of the year was a critical time to show employees that they are appreciated. To do so, the article talked about doing a...
Respect What they Do
As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I often see a lack of respect for the jobs that various people do in an organization. Often time, that lack of respect starts with a lack of understanding of what people do. It’s rare that it occurs...
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