Love 'em or lose 'em : getting good people to stay /
Kaye, Beverly L.
Jordan-Evans, Sharon,1946-
Since employees who walk out the door cost their companies up to 200 percent of their annual salaries to replace, retention is one of the most important issues facing businesses today. And with so many surveys reporting that employees are unhappy and not working up to their full potential, engagement is a second serious and costly issue. The latest edition of this Wall Street Journal bestseller offers twenty-six simple strategies -- from A to Z -- that managers can use to address their employees' real concerns and keep them engaged.   --Publishers description.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
Ask: what keeps you? -- Buck: it stops here -- Careers: support growth -- Dignity: show respect -- Enrich: energize the job -- Family: get friendly -- Goals: expand options -- Hire: fit is it -- Information: share it -- Jerk: don't be one -- Kicks: get some -- Link: create connections -- Mentor: be one -- Numbers: run them -- Opportunities: mine them -- Passion: encourage it -- Question: reconsider the rules -- Reward: provide recognition -- Space: give it -- Truth: tell it -- Understand: listen deeper -- Values: define and align -- Wellness: sustain it -- X-ers and others: handle with care -- Yield: power down -- Zenith: go for it -- Calling all managers of managers.
Since employees who walk out the door cost their companies up to 200 percent of their annual salaries to replace, retention is one of the most important issues facing businesses today. And with so many surveys reporting that employees are unhappy and not working up to their full potential, engagement is a second serious and costly issue. The latest edition of this Wall Street Journal bestseller offers twenty-six simple strategies -- from A to Z -- that managers can use to address their employees' real concerns and keep them engaged.   --Publishers description.
Employee retention.
Labor turnover.
Job satisfaction.
Employee motivation.