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Are You Spending Too Much Time Focusing Recruiting Or Retaining?

October 28, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: General Business


Companies spend too much time focusing recruiting rather than on retaining.

The rule is no longer if your employees leave it is now when will they going to leave. How many times have you spent hundreds to thousands of dollars in hiring and training an employee only to discover that they leave.

Why do they leave? Experts in this field will say because…

You can justify your experiences, by the stories other people, or HR will say about it. You can even go online and find the stats that you need to back-up your experiences and how many other companies are going through the same thing.

The truth of the matter is, how much time, money and effort do you put into retaining your employees?

It’s all about the relationship factor you have with them. How much do you really appreciate them?

Staying comfortable in dong what you are doing without any consideration of retaining won’t work if you want to keep retaining your employees. By promoting and selling the concept of more kindness in the workplace. I would help companies create a healthier, vibrant and productive workplace. The reason no one wanted to buy this service was they couldn’t figure out how it would work and of course that meant they would have to change, get out of their comfortable position, of what and how they were doing things. Let’s not change things, let’s wait and see what happens.

It’s no wonder to me, why now (many years later) that employers are having a bigger crisis of not finding enough employees and now being faced with more challenging problems like bullying, misrepresentation of the company, stealing, or inappropriate behavior.

I could say it’s your loss - you missed the boat! I do believe however it’s never too late. It’s the same as Dr. Phil’s philosophy, “It’s never too late to turn around a situation or family.”

In order for change to happen, you have to be willing to try something different or new. Step up to be a leader 1st. Be an early adopter. Don’t wait for someone else to do it first. After all, isn’t this what you would expect your employees to do to move your company to success?

There are other professionals who are selling Kindness. Olivia McIvor of McIvor consulting. She herself was a HR professional for Canada Trust. Olivia wrote out a plan and delivered it to her VP to help relieve the stress and morale issues as Canada Trust was about to be merged with TD.

Her VP gave his approval and she went to work - rolled out the “Kindness to Colleague” program to 52 stores (banks). Overall, it was very successful. Olivia continues to help companies by providing consulting, giving talks and wrote another book.

I now have moved on by providing appreciation gifts for people to give to their employees, clients and to very special people. It’s still about being kind, it’s about showing your appreciation.

Appreciation is the key ingredient in retaining your employees. How do you do this? Try appreciating your employees through art. It’s a very personal gift. that’s what people expect and want from you.

Each gift that each person receives shows and demonstrates that you care for your colleagues, co-workers, bosses and partners.

Written by Mari-Lyn Hudson of Heart@Work a Thought Leader on Appreciation Marketing.

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