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High Level Strategies
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Retention Home » High Level Strategies
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Promoting Work/Life Effectiveness
Develop flexible schedules
Part-time schedules
Extended leaves of absence
Develop Support Services
On-site day care facility etc.
Understand employee needs: This can be done through proper management style and culture
Listen to the employee and show interest in ideas | |
- Appreciate new ideas and reward risk-taking
- Show support for individual initiative
- Encourage creativity
Encouraging professional training and development and/or personal growth opportunities: It can be done through:
- Mentoring programs
- Performance feedback programs
- Provide necessary tools to the employees to achieve their professional and personal goals
- Getting the most out of employee interests and talents
- Higher study opportunities for employees
- Vocational counseling
- Offer personalized career guidance to employees
Provide an environment of trust: Communication is the most important and effective way to develop trust.
- Suggestion committees can be created
- Open door communication policy can be followed
- Regular feedbacks on organization’s goals and activities should be taken from the employees by:
- Management communications
- Intranet and internet can be used as they provide 24X7 access to the information
- Newsletters, notice boards, etc.
Hire the right people from the beginning: employee retention is not a process that begins at the end. The process of retention begins right from the start of the recruitment process.
- The new joinees should fit with the organization’s culture. The personality, leadership characteristics of the candidate should be in sync with the culture of the hiring organization.
- Referral bonus should be given to the employees for successful hires. They are the best source of networking.
- Proper training should be given to the managers on interview and management techniques.
- An internship program can be followed to recruit the fresh graduates.
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