“Why are my employees leaving?” – It’s a valid question that should be asked. But perhaps just as important is the question, “Why are my employees staying?” Uncovering what is going well and what might need course-correction for employees who have chosen to stick around can be just as valuable as performing the usual post-mortem for teammates who decide to leave. At the end of the day, If the goal is to retain staff, the stay interview can help you understand what you may be able to do to retain talent in the future. Read on to unlock the toolkit for putting together a stay interview for your ..read more

Great employees are the lifeblood of any successful organization. Without a dedicated staff committed to your company’s goals, it is very difficult to succeed in today’s business climate. This is why it is important as a leader within an organization that you pay attention to your employees’ wellbeing and not only focus on their work output. It is crucial that you know when they are happy, mad, need help or when they need a new challenge to stay engaged. With the amount of time that people spend at work, isn’t it worth assessing how its environment impacts broader life and wellbeing? Check out ..read more

The modern workforce is weird.  We don’t mean that in a negative way and we’re certainly not trying to tease anyone; it’s just that there’s kind of a contradictory, self-sabotaging mindset for many workers where they focus so much of their time and energy on landing a job, and then turn around and almost immediately start looking for reasons to quit. Are we exaggerating? No, not really. A recent survey by Lattice concluded that approximately 52% of employees who have been with their companies for three months or fewer are actively looking for new opportunities, and that number jumps to 60 ..read more

Finding and keeping great talent is the goal of any organization that wishes to find success. Keeping employees can benefit an organization in a number of ways –  lower costs, better morale, and higher productivity just to name a few. To help you understand employee retention and its benefits we’ve put together this helpful guide. What is Employee Retention? Employee retention is the ability of an organization to prevent employee turnover. Employee retention is often seen as an extension of the culture of an organization. A study from The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that over 3.5 mi ..read more

The Covid-19 pandemic has been rough for most people, but small businesses have had a particularly difficult time. Many businesses were forced to shut down or partially shut down to comply with state or federal mandates, which meant lost business. In fact, there’s evidence that small business revenue dropped 52% thanks to Covid-19.  Lost business revenue hurts the company, yes. But it also hurts the employees. During Covid-19, payrolls dropped 54%, and literally anywhere from 3 to 31 million people were unemployed at any given moment during the pandemic because their place of work had to ..read more

Retaining good employees starts before the first inkling of an impending departure. By the time employees’ productivity drops off and rumblings of their discontent reach their managers, it may be too late. With job-hopping more acceptable than ever and the abundance of options workers now have for remote, hybrid and contract positions, employers need to implement retention strategies at the onset of the hiring process—during recruiting and onboarding—in order to reduce costly turnover. “Set things up right in the beginning,” Charlane Brady, MSW, Management and Leadership, a 20-year human resou ..read more

The way we work is changing right before our eyes. Many leaders assumed that as the threat of COVID-19 receded, we would get back to normal in short order. However, even as offices were re-opening, it was clear that many organizations could see the benefits of adopting a hybrid work model as the norm, rather than going back to 100% in-person work.  Chief among the benefits of hybrid work is that the vast majority of workers prefer it to working fully remotely or fully in-person. In 2021, 70% of workers stated that they “wanted flexible remote work options to continue” and 65% said they wa ..read more

Employees and job candidates are looking for more than a paycheck today, and HR leaders need to respond accordingly if they hope to continue attracting, hiring, and retaining high-performing people. One answer: Draw outside the traditional benefit lines to invest in employee programs and benefits that promote personal development. High on the list of what employees want is a culture of caring. They want to work for companies that go beyond core benefits and believe in the value of helping employees flourish not only in their current role, but in their careers and in their personal lives. Here ..read more

Attracting and retaining women at all levels has become a priority for most companies everywhere. The challenge has grown in the wake of COVID-19, as women are taking the opportunity to re-write their relationships with employers and work.  Recent data suggests that women have been quitting more often than men since the pandemic began. One reason is the obvious stressors of caring for family during the pandemic. But bias in the workplace and a lack of flexibility have also been driving women to look for better opportunities or to quit working entirely. Unfortunately, these workplace imped ..read more

No matter how large an annual bonus is, a bad employee experience the rest of the year will push already-disengaged employees to leave after the money is in the bank. Here are three ways to help prevent that from happening.   The post How Will HR Keep Employees After They Get Their Bonuses? What Are You Doing To Keep Them? appeared first on Gympass | Blog ..read more