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The Clash first recorded “Should I Stay, or Should I Go?” in 1981, but it is just as relevant today as when they wrote it.
It’s a question many employees are asking themselves right now. If you are an employer, you not only need the answer to be “yes,” you also need your people to be productive.
“Quiet quitting” is on everyone’s radar right now, and with workers in short supply you need their best work.
It can be hard to retain people from a multigenerational workforce and even harder when there’s competition for a shrinking pool of working-age people and a post-pandemic view of the workplace. We advocate three strategies: Purpose, Respect and Support.
Purpose. Engaged people have an intrinsic drive to work hard. Employers must instill a sense of purpose to foster engagement.
You can find out how you’re doing by asking yourself some questions:
Respect. This is often referred to as psychological safety. You need to know your people and show you care. This includes their families, what they like to do and where they like to go. You need to recognize what it is like to be in their shoes.
Ask yourself these questions:
Support. Gallup reported recently that almost 50% of the people interviewed had high levels of worry and stress. Today’s workforce seeks feedback and support. Feedback costs nothing and pays big benefits.
Ask these questions to find out how well you support your people:
Do you support them by matching work to working style:
It is unlikely that any one company does all these things. We have clients doing many of them.
Our questions are designed to help you think about your people and how you support them. Working in the three areas here helps you redesign your culture so they’ll stay… not go.
Francis Eberle of Price Associates is an ACE board member, as well as leadership and organizational advisor, speaker and author who believes that people development is business development. He spent more than 25 years as an executive for nonprofits and startups, and offers individual coaching, team development and organizational performance improvement. He can be reached at francis@price-associates.com
Tara Jenkins is the founder of Conscious Revolution, a consulting firm that partners with CEOs and founders to build conscious businesses focusing on their higher purpose, organizational design, leadership and people practices. Tara has over 25 years of experience as an HR executive in companies of all sizes and industries. She is one of the first Certified Conscious Capitalism Consultants in the world. She can be reached at tara@consciousrevolution.com
For more on this topic, check out the video of the authors' ACE program: "Employment Retention Strategies in the New Paradigm." The program explores strategies employers can use immediately to help retain their new and existing people.
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