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Jeff’s Employee Retention Blog, Tips and Advice

Be Selfish

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I often work with groups of supervisors in organizations to help them gain an understanding of what is driving their employee turnover and what employee retention strategies to use to improve their...

The Nameless, Faceless Corporation

Early in my career as an HR Leader, this employee retention speaker and employee retention author had a very wise boss who told him, “People quit nameless, faceless corporations.”  This was one of the most profound things that this employee recruitment speaker ever...

Spinning Out of Control

This employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer was driving home from conducting a workshop in northern Minnesota this past winter.  The temperature was -15 degrees and the snow was blowing and drifting across the interstate so I decided to stop for...

Know When to Get Involved

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention author, I often speak about how it’s important to help people in your organization to be successful.  With the labor market is as tight as it has been in 50 years (Wow…that’s even before my time!), finding...

You Have the Answer

Just recently, this employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer was working with a client that employs almost all Gen Z and millennials as employees.  Many people get frustrated with these younger workers and constantly complain about them.  As the...

Are You Desperate Yet?

This employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer is just amazed at the number of senior leaders that are willing to accept/tolerate 50%, 80%, or even 100% employee turnover in their operation.  I have yet to figure out if it’s that they think people...

Think Like a Young Kid

In the past three weeks we have had a ton of rain in Milwaukee and this employee retention speaker has a swale between my lot and the lot of his neighbor that has grass that is almost 8” tall because it has been too wet to mow it.  Or so I thought.  Then, the other...

C.R.A.P. Works!

This employee retention speaker and employee retention author very often says, “C.R.A.P. Works!”  Caring, Respect, Appreciation and Praise are pivotal points in your employee retention strategies.  I have seen it occur time and time and time again.  Recently, a...

Doing Nothing is NOT a Viable Option

As an employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer, I always encourage my audiences and clients to look at their employee retention data.  Data can often show you what the problem is and in which areas of your organization that employee turnover is...

Tell Your Story

As this employee retention speaker and employee retention trainer was working with a client, it became apparent that the organization had a great story to tell about their organization.  Their  mission, values and culture are impressive.  Unfortunately, they...

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