Jeff’s Employee Retention Blog, Tips and Advice
Paperwork or People
She is relatively new to the profession and was talking about how incredibly busy she is and even though she is new in her role she already noticed that she was being consumed by an avalanche of paper. As this employee retention expert told her, “Welcome to HR!” ...
Bring Back Fun
This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert loved being an HR Leader because I loved to have fun. Don’t get me wrong, I was serious about my job and believed in driving performance, but we always had fun in the organizations where I worked. ...
My Job’s Not Enjoyable Anymore
Like most conversations, this young guy and this employee retention expert got talking about work. As we talked and he found out I was an employee retention speaker, he said to me, “I’m going to start looking for a new job because “my job’s not enjoyable...
Build a Foundation
When this employee retention speaker and employee retention author was speaking with the president of a company that had a growing employee retention problem, we gravitated to the topic of training for his senior leadership team. Looking at a lot of the other key...
Loyalty Exists…In Some Organizations
This employee retention speaker and employee retention author likes to talk to everyone about employee retention and how long people have been at their current employer. Then this employee retention trainer will then probe deeper. Often times, people look at me...
A Company of Recruiters
This employee retention speaker and employee retention expert always says “hello” to the greeter and because of that, her and I often chat for a moment. Today, as this employee recruitment expert started talking with her, she commented that she often sees me at...
This Lettuce is Slimy
The stories this employee retention speaker and employee retention expert hears never cease to amaze me. A friend of mine works in food service for a large institution with a huge cafeteria so they serve meals three times a day. He prides himself on serving meals...
I’m Tired of Being Disrespected
Earlier this week as this employee retention speaker and employee retention expert was on the road conducting workshops for a client in Iowa, I went to dinner and, like usual, I sat at the bar because it is the best way to engage in conversations with a variety of...
“I’ve Never Seen You Before”
“I’ve never seen you before.” That’s what I said to the “new” person who waited on me in the deli section of the grocery store. As most of you who know this employee retention expert and employee retention speaker…I talk to everyone and try to get to...
Bring It On
This employee retention consultant and employee retention speaker is reading a book by Brian Johnson called Arete. Brian can best be described as a modern-day philosopher who talks about being the best person you can be. I was reading a section where he talks about...
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