Twenty years ago, I was invited to deliver the keynote address at a recruitment and retention conference in Las Vegas. I spoke with the event organizers to fully understand their objectives and then crafted the deliverables for my presentation entitled “The Differing Preferences, Expectations, and Intents of an Emerging Workforce.” As it came time… Continue reading Engagement Studies Should Help Reduce Turnover and Increase Retention. Have Yours?
Month: January 2020
Employees Hold Power in Today’s Job Market
The job market in today’s economy continues to prove the power employees hold. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 2019 closed out with a 50 year low unemployment rate of 3.5% and a whopping 7.3 million job openings. This means the majority of open jobs will be filled by employees who are currently working. … Continue reading Employees Hold Power in Today’s Job Market
Importance of the Service Profit Chain Model
Updated for 2023 What is the Service Profit Chain Model? The Service-Profit Chain is a theory and business model evolved by a group of researchers from Harvard University. In their book The Service Profit Chain – How Leading Companies Link Profit and Growth To Loyalty, Satisfaction and Value they prove the direct link between superior service experiences… Continue reading Importance of the Service Profit Chain Model
The Truth About Employee Engagement & Acquisition
Updated for 2023 Organizations continue to struggle with finding, attracting and retaining employees. And after they have done that, they struggle with creating the workplace conditions necessary to drive employee productivity. To manage responsibly, companies increase budgets and resources (money and people) on engagement initiatives that simply do not work. So what in fact is… Continue reading The Truth About Employee Engagement & Acquisition