Building employee loyalty is probably the best thing you can do to control and reduce employee turn-over. In a previous videoblog, I mentioned that the cost of replacing an employee can be as much as 150% of the employee’s salary. If you’ve got a big turnover rate, you are paying a hefty penalty for an […]
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Employee Retention Ala Fat Tire Beer
Last week I discussed employee retention at Hardee Manor, a nursing home in Wauchula, Florida where administrator Mary Love reduced the employee turnover from 250% to 17% per year. Now that’s a whopping reduction! Her philosophy was: you can retain more eagles (she refers to the eagles as her best employees) by getting rid of your […]
Employee Turnover? Consider Your Turkeys
Employee turnover is a popular subject among us management consultants, especially when the economy is good, and unemployment is low. Now you may say, “what’s the big deal?” Well, besides the interruption in your organizational flow and production, there’s the cost. According to a study by Hewitt and Associates, the average cost of turnover to […]
How Should Millennials Give Feedback To Baby Boomers?
So How Should Millennials Give Feedback To Baby Boomers? It’s a question that is being asked more and more in today’s workplace. Hi, my name is Meagan Johnson. I’m a professional speaker and Generational Humorist. I speak to groups, audiences, associations and corporations about the multiple generations in the workforce, the marketplace and even in […]
Honest Feedback: helping employees accept it
Giving honest feedback to employees can be tricky. Good leadership in this arena can be helpful. In my most recent video blog titled “Truth To Power: Avoiding the Naked Emperor Syndrome” I discussed some techniques for encouraging employees to speak up and give you honest feedback, even when it’s risky for them. Let’s now take […]
Top 10 Questions for Manager-Employee One-on-Ones
At the heart of improving corporate culture is how supervisors and managers interact with employees. I’ve always preached that meeting with employees often is a critical part of that process, but sometimes supervisors are at a loss as to what to discuss. I found this list of helpful questions at Soapbox.com , written by Brennan, who […]
Sexual Harassment: 5 Steps To Change the Culture
Recently, complaints about powerful men (and women) committing sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace have gone from a trickle to a torrent. After years of victims remaining silent about their mistreatment, they are finally speaking out in great numbers and I say bravo. It’s about time! But one has to ask why these victims […]
Pits & Peaks: The Power Of Moments
In Chip and Dan Heath’s new book, The Power of Moments, they ask you, the reader to imagine taking your children to Disney World for a one-day visit. During this visit, you are to text Chip and Dan every hour and rate the experience on a scale of 1-10. The days ratings might look like […]