Training, Development and Retention

I have recently been reading a number of comments from business minded folks. What are they thinking?

So here is a checklist for CEO’s.

Ask these questions. It is too important to leave it to someone else. Your business your reputation your success.

In today’s tight job market, a current and common complaint among businesses is their inability to retain quality personnel.

The surge in baby boomer retirements together with increasing competition for talented employees is making it hard to keep good people.

Among various behavioral theories long generally believed and embraced by American business are those of Frederick Herzberg and Abraham Maslow. Herzberg, a psychologist, proposed a theory about job factors that motivate employees. Maslow, a behavioral scientist and contemporary of Herzberg's, developed a theory about the rank and satisfaction of various human needs and how people pursue these needs. These theories are widely cited in the business literature.

There is a Chinese proverb that says, “Life is an echo – what you send out comes back.”  We can say the same about our workplaces:  How we treat people is an echo – what we send out comes back.   How we treat people is a foundation element in the experience people have as employees.

A recent survey by Manpower suggests that employers across the country are planning to increase their hiring during the second quarter of 2011. Will they be hiring your best people away from you? Putting it another way . . . are your employees poachable? Consider the following:

1) Is employee morale down?

If so, it may not be long before the word is out.

There are many techniques and strategies that can be used successfully for the direct recruiting of candidates. When properly executed these approaches allow an opportunity to quickly determine whether or not the targeted individual is both qualified for the open position as well as properly motivated to justify serious consideration.