Staff scheduling can significantly impact the success of your practice. While scheduling may seem like a routine administrative task, its importance in retaining your valuable hourly employees cannot be overstated. A well-designed and thoughtful scheduling system can lead to increased job satisfaction, higher productivity, and improved staff retention rates. . Depending on the … [Read more...] about Be smart about scheduling to retain hourly employees
Employee retention
It’s harder to find and keep office workers
Echoing reports of ongoing labor shortages, a new survey confirms that a vast majority of organizations are facing extreme difficulty finding and retaining qualified workers. But, the survey reveals, these challenges are no longer being driven solely by a lack manual services workers, as previous trends have indicated. Rather, office workers are now significantly harder to both … [Read more...] about It’s harder to find and keep office workers
How to retain high potential women during The Great Resignation
By Rosina L. Racioppi In the age of The Great Resignation, how can you retain the rising leaders in your organization? One solution is to build a culture that supports women’s advancement by using key strategies and resources as a hedge against career dissatisfaction. We are seeing many women who are shouldering an extra burden, taking on additional responsibilities at home … [Read more...] about How to retain high potential women during The Great Resignation
What you don’t know about your managers and why you should find out
By Lynne Curry, Ph.D., SPHR bio What are your mid-level managers doing that will cost you good employees in the next year? Are your professional staff getting the results you need them to? If not, what's getting in their way and how can you convince them to make needed changes? A 360-degree review provides you and your mid-level managers and professional staff … [Read more...] about What you don’t know about your managers and why you should find out
Three months’ notice: A quarter of your workforce may change jobs by summer’s end
While employee retention is not necessarily a new concern for employers, the race to keep top workers in-house has escalated significantly in just the past year alone. In fact, new findings from the 2017 Emerging Workforce® Study (EWS) commissioned by Spherion Staffing indicate that employees are more willing than ever to test their options, to the degree that companies may … [Read more...] about Three months’ notice: A quarter of your workforce may change jobs by summer’s end
Why your best talent is leaving and four ways to win them back
By William A. Schiemann, Ph.D bio Most leaders of companies today recognize the importance of having engaged people at work. Yet research from the Metrus Institute, Gallup, and others say that between 50 and 80% are not fully engaged. For many organizations, a majority of employees are only partially engaged, which a lot of research has shown reduces performance and … [Read more...] about Why your best talent is leaving and four ways to win them back