You have secured some great employees and now the next step in the process is developing strategies to ensure that they will stay with you for the long term.
The reality in today’s labour market is that businesses are going to lose employees. However, there are some excellent strategies that businesses of any size can implement to ensure that they are doing the best job possible to retain employees.
At the very heart of any retention strategy is the simply rule:
Engage employers are retained employees.
Engaged employers are:
- Committed to the organization
- Far more productive then disengaged employees
- Extremely profitable
- Going to provide excellent customer service
- Much safer in the workplace
- Going to inspire fellow employees to do great work
- Very effective in attracting new employees
Ten steps to retaining and engaging your employees:
- Be clear about what is expected from employees
- Ensure employees have the materials and equipment need to do great work
- Never stop creating ways for employees to do what they do best everyday
- Remember that nothing is more important than a leader who cares about his or her people
- Create a work environment that is filled with employees who share a commitment to the values and vision of the business
- Provide endless opportunities for career and skill development
- Provide ongoing performance feedback, recognition and acknowledgement
- Instill a sense of purpose and direction in each employee
- Provide constant communication and transparency between the leaders and the employees
- Look for ways to support the need to have a balance work/life schedule
The information in this article is provided by WorkBC and Venture Kamloops. It was originally published in a joint venture, entitled The WorkBC Employer’s Tool Kit: A Resource for British Columbia Businesses Booklet 2 – It’s about Ability – How to Attract, Retain and Engage Mature Workers, and is reprinted with permission. For more information, please visit www.workbc.ca and www.venturekamloops.com.
