Inc. Magazine recently reported that between April and September of 2021, more than 15 million workers left their jobs in what is being called The Great Resignation. It’s possible that your organization has been immune to this trend; but whether it has been or not, there are key, practical, timely steps you can be taking right now to reduce or prevent undesirable turnover in your company.
I started using this process in a client location years ago when it was experiencing a 30+% annualized turnover. The client liaison wanted me to help plan and implement cross functional work teams in the location because the locations I worked in inherently experienced lower turnover and higher employee satisfaction. But this location was a mess, and I knew we had to stabilize the turnover situation before trying to implement any large-scale change initiative. The process works just as well in the current environment as it did before the COVID pandemic.
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