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The Top Causes of Employee Turnover CommitmentCommunicationExpectationsflexibilityGuidanceHigh PerformanceopportunitiesOrganizationpent-up departure demandpost-pandemic workforcerelationship conflictstaffingtalent shortagesTalent WarsTrainingtraining processesturnoverunemploymentWorkforce
October 18, 2024

The Top Causes of Employee Turnover

After huge recent fluctuations in the job market—and despite ongoing downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering—unemployment is at record lows and employers are facing more severe talent shortages than any time since we at RainmakerThinking began our workplace…
Guidelines for Managing People Remotely CommitmentCommunicationEmployee PerformanceExpectationsFocusHybrid workforceInfluenceManagementMeetingsOrganizationProductivityRemote workstaffingtipsturnoverUndermanagementWorkforce
October 18, 2024

Guidelines for Managing People Remotely

Remote work is not going away. The hybrid workforce is here to stay. Some people are choosing to work from home indefinitely. Many are working some combination of from-home and in-office. “Remote management” is now a…
Employers: Beware the consequences of the overcommitment cycle CoachingCollaborationCommitmentContinuous ImprovementFocusopportunitiesOrganizationProductivityTrainingturnover
October 18, 2024

Employers: Beware the consequences of the overcommitment cycle

If you want to stop turnover and prevent people from quitting, as an employer, you must fight overcommitment syndrome within your ranks. This is the toxic cycle: When an organization is understaffed, the extra work inevitably…
How to identify the right people for talent development AttitudeBehaviorCommitmentDevelopmentFlexibleHidden TalentopportunitiesOrganizationProfessionalismtalent developmentTrainingturnoverWorkforce
October 18, 2024

How to identify the right people for talent development

When we go in to help organizations make the most of their available talent, one of the first things we do is identify the right people for development opportunities. These are people at the second, third,…
Every manager is a Chief Retention Officer ExpectationsflexibilityGuidanceHybrid WorkplaceopportunitiesOrganizationRecognitionRecruitingTalent WarsTrainingturnover
October 18, 2024

Every manager is a Chief Retention Officer

When people leave their jobs voluntarily it is almost always—at least in part—directly attributable to their relationship (or lack thereof) with their immediate leader, manager, or supervisor:   Their manager fails to regularly keep track of…