Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2007 | Archive | Success Stories
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Keeping employees, keeping them motivated
The high cost of losing an employee
Top 5 tips for increasing employee retention
- Capture the heart
Celebrate accomplishments and inject fun into the workplace. Create compelling visions to motivate and excite your employees. For example:- Build a graffiti wall or an idea collage wall and encourage people to speak their minds
- Plan team builder exercises at an external location, giving people some highly productive time away from the office
- Open communications
If employees feel that their opinions are important to you and that they’re heard, they’re more likely to be loyal. Make sure there’s a feedback channel available and act on the feedback you receive. For example:- Create idea teams–groups that meet for a coffee break once a week to generate ideas and opinions on specified topics. Consider mixing it up so people on the teams don’t all come from the same work groups.
- Build partnerships
Instead of treating your employees strictly as hired hands, involve them in the decision making process. Also, be sure to share your collective successes. For example:- Put up white boards in every coffee room. At regular intervals, post a new topic and ask for suggestions on how to improve different aspects of your business. Encourage input on any topic, from selling more products to improving morale.
- Develop an incentive bonus plan structured for each worker, so that their successes are rewarded
- Encourage learning
The collective brain power of your employees may be a huge untapped resource that could give your company a significant competitive advantage. So make sure your employees stay up to date on important topics and give them the opportunity to improve their skills and knowledge. For example:- Offer training classes in-house and encourage learning by subsidizing approved courses at outside educational institutions
- Create job shadowing opportunities to allow employees to strengthen their knowledge of different parts of your organization
- Keep the mood positive
Help build morale by complimenting employees on their work. Also, empower them to learn from their mistakes by encouraging them to try again.
Introduction
Top 5 tips for increasing employee retention
Keeping your employees motivated
Helpful links
References
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