5 Steps to Successful Employee Retention in the first 90 days
Just imagine that you have been interviewed and taken to dinner by a company with big promises of salary and opportunity. You are excited to start this new chapter in your life with a great company that seems to have a strong team environment. On your first day you are shown to a temporary desk […]
Stay Interviews (How to Keep Key Employees!)
I’ve come across something in my career that really works! Hi, I’m Renee Fulton, President of Talis Group. Have you ever heard of a Stay Interview? I’m sure most of you have heard of Exit Interviews, but the information gathered is really too late to save the person who just gave notice from leaving. Consider […]
Motivating Workers
A few easy steps to retaining employees’ devotion during tough times. Wow! What a bumpy ride we’re all having. The economy is forcing many companies to lay off workforce, eliminate raises and bonuses and find every avenue of cost cutting possible. Those companies that haven’t had to do that yet are going to have to […]
Confessions of a Micromanager
When reading books and articles about leadership, you will see such concepts as ‘empowering your team’, ‘motivating individuals’, ‘seeing the big picture’, ‘achieving results’, and ‘mentoring your employees’. You will never see phrases such as ‘shadowing your employees’ or ‘performing their tasks’. What can be leadership to one person can slide into micromanaging to another […]
Handling of Employee Issues
Hiring and working with people on a daily basis requires numerous skills in order to communicate requirements and expectations for the jobs at hand. Managers working in other areas of the business, such as engineering and accounting for example, may not be well trained in working with employee issues. Employee issues rarely start out big. […]