Employee Retention

Increase Employee Retention through Supervisor Development
According to several highly respected research firms (e.g., The Gallup Organization and The Saratoga Institute), the primary reason behind voluntary employee turnover is a poor relationship between the employee and their supervisor. While this finding may surprise some business leaders, consider this…how many of us in our working lives have asked for a transfer, resigned from a job, or have at least pondered one of those actions because of a supervisor we did not get along with - one who did not have effective management and/or people skills? Turnover, as a direct result of unskilled supervisors, is a problem that companies have been experiencing for years. click here to download article

Focus on Health, Not Problems: Building a Healthy Organizational Lifestyle
Employee turnover, we all know what it means, but what does it imply? Many organization development and human resources experts have written about the negative effects of employee turnover, including the impact on a company's profitability, productivity, and morale. Unfortunately, company leaders are rarely energized or motivated to do anything about the employee turnover in their organization. Why would they be? It is difficult to be positive when facing the high cost of replacing employees, reduced output due to a reduction in knowledgeable and trained employees, and remaining employees feeling discouraged due to increased work load and/or seeing their friends leaving the company.
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