Employee Retention

3 Employee Recognition Programs to Help You Create Yours

Employee recognition is a positive approach that aims to keep your employees engaged and actively participating in achieving company goals as well as developing their skills within the company.

5 Great Employee Retention Practices

With skyrocketing turnover rates should business owners try to motivate disengaged employees? Or should they forge ahead and hire new candidates?

5 Reasons Why Great Employees Stay With Their Employers

Because we all know that employee retention is crucial if we want to save time, effort, and of course, money.

5 Team Building Ideas To Do in the Office That Don't Suck!

We know finding interesting and enjoyable ideas to get your people collaborating isn’t easy so we’ve put together some ideas you can use to motivate and engage your teams.

6 Ways to Show Your Employees a Little Love

6 ways to show your employees that you appreciate them so that they're less likely to spend their lunch breaks scanning the wanted ads!

7 Questions to Ask Your Employees to Boost Retention

You need to be getting feedback from your employees to increase retention and engagement. But here’s the thing: what questions should you be asking them to find out whether or not you have an employee who’s thinking about throwing in the towel on your hands?

10 Tips for Improving Your Brand as an Employer

If your brand as an employer is truly excellent not only will you be attracting candidates, but you’ll be attracting the BEST candidates.

10 Ways to Motivate Disengaged Employees

To effectively lead a department and get the best out of the people working for you, being able to motivate them is key.

11 More Surefire Ways to Increase Employee Engagement

If you’re working in Human Resources or are a manager in a small to medium-sized business and you’re struggling with that eternal question “How do I increase employee engagement?” then you might just have stumbled upon the right blog!

5 Ways to Collect Feedback & Increase Employee Retention

Employee retention has long been a thorn in the side of HR. And one way of tackling it that’s often overlooked is one of the simplest (and cheapest) to execute. Asking your employees for feedback not only makes your people feel valued, it gives you insight into your workplace to help you improve.

How to Create a More Compassionate Workplace

Regardless of whether you are now 100% back in the office full time, or your people are allowed to work remotely or flexibly, a compassionate company culture has never been more important.

How to Help Employees Achieve a Better Work-Life Balance

It’s only a short journey from no work-life balance to employee burnout - and that’s no good for your employees OR your company.

How to Spot (and Support) Employees with Burnout

It has been proven that employee burnout is a real thing. And of course, it can have a devastating effect on the health and wellbeing of the sufferer - but, from a business perspective, it can also cost your company dearly.

How We Work is Changing: How to Turn That into an Employee Perk

These two perks are based around the fact that the way we work is changing and how you can leverage that into benefits to attract new employees and retain the ones you already have.

How Your HR Team Can Offer More Support to Your People

No matter how hard we try to keep our work and personal lives separate it’s inevitable that issues with our partner, children, finances etc can have a knock on effect at work. Therefore it’s crucial that your HR department is ready and equipped to help employees who may need a little extra support.

How to Increase Retention Rates Through Employee Recognition

We all enjoy being recognized for our positive attributes. Whether it’s our winning smile, our ability to cook amazing food, or more importantly, the way we crush it at work. But what happens if you’re consistently achieving results and no one notices? Here’s why employee recognition is so crucial.

Is the Great Resignation Over Yet?

The Great Resignation - along with quiet quitting - has been making headlines for some time now. But is is actually over yet?

Why You Should Offer Better Employee Benefits in 2021

New year, new you? We’ve heard it all before. But while health and fitness goals often fall by the wayside a couple of months into the year, one resolution you should make - and stick to - is to take a look at the perks and benefits you offer your employees and to see if you can improve on them.

4 Ways to Prioritize Your Employees' Mental Health

Burnout, rocketing stress levels, anxiety...all can take their toll on the people that work for you. Indeed, you might even be feeling the effects yourself. But as someone working in Human Resources it may be down to you to help shape your company’s response to employee mental health and wellbeing.

Don't Go! Retention Strategies to Increase Employee Loyalty

Losing staff is often stressful. It’s also expensive for the business with some studies estimating that the cost of replacing an employee can be as much as six to nine months of their salary. So what can be done to minimize the risk of employees quitting on you and your bank account taking the blow?

How a Welcome Email Can Stop New Hires Ghosting You

It’s a fact that candidates aren’t adverse to ghosting and disappearing during the application process. Even worse, some new hires change their minds after accepting a job offer even before they’ve made it through your door. So how can you stop new hire ghosting? Enter the employee welcome email.

Is It Time to Rethink Your Paternity Leave Policy?

Could you create a better company culture, attract more talent, and increase employee retention by offering a more attractive paternity leave policy? It’s likely, and let’s face it, what have you got to lose? We look at why it’s worth revisiting the policies and perks you already have in place.

The Link Between Stay Interviews & Employee Retention

Interviews: love ‘em or hate ‘em, if you work in HR or management you’re going to conduct them. And if you fall into the ‘loathe them’ camp when we say you should be doing more than job and exit interviews your initial reaction might be to stop reading. But wait; let’s talk about the stay interview!

What Do Employees REALLY Want Their Office to Look Like?

Do people really want to slide down a fireman’s pole to get from one floor to another or hold an end of quarter crisis meeting from the comfort of a seat made from truck tires?

What is the Reason Behind Your High Employee Turnover?

How can you address the factors that could be the very real reason behind your high employee turnover rates? Read on as we take a closer look.

Why You Need to Encourage Your People to Switch Off on Vacation

No matter how dedicated you are to your job, the fact is, you’re a human being and you need to rest at some point. That’s just basic biology!

Why You Need to Start Taking Company Reviews Seriously

If you rarely read company reviews it may surprise you to know that four out of five people who are looking for a new job read reviews of the companies they’re thinking of applying to.

Why Your Company Culture May Be More Important Than You Think

Yes, benefit packages, opportunity for growth, and flexibility such as the hybrid work model offers are important to many employees, but so too is company culture.

Would Your Company Benefit From a More Creative Culture?

What exactly is a creative culture, how can it help your business, and, more importantly, how do you create one?

What You Must Know About Training Retail Employees

Positively engaged staff are your finest brand ambassadors who will generate evangelism that spreads to your customers and boosts brand awareness and revenue.

Star Employees: What Makes Them Stay?

How do you ensure your star employees are in it for the long haul? By reading this blog post and taking steps to increase your retention rates.

How to Increase Productivity with Recognition & Rewards

Employees who receive praise for their efforts are happier, more engaged, and more motivated to accomplish excellent work for the company.

Awesome Employee Retention Strategies to Know About

According to some estimates, replacing an employee who leaves a job can cost the employer double their salary.

What Are the Characteristics of High-Potential Employees?

While your company may have a defined process for discovering high-potential individuals, you might need one to maintain their engagement to keep them on staff.

Employee Recognition Is Essential: Stats You Can't Ignore

There’s a battle to find, hire, and retain top talents. As a result, companies and business owners are busy developing ways to boost organic growth, worker productivity, and business revenue.

Keep Your Team Happy With These Great Perks

Produce an outstanding employee experience by paying attention to the perks and rewards you provide to your staff.

Creating a Culture of Recognition

An employee recognition gap can damage your company's growth because today's workforce lists recognition as one of the top motivators in their job happiness.

Why Employee Experience is a Worthwhile Investment

The employee experience movement has gained traction in recent years as employers begin to consider how employees feel about the entire experience from hiring to firing.

Can You Leverage Hiring & Retention for Your Brand?

What are potential hires, current employees, and alums saying about their interactions with your business, and how much of a handle on these crucial discussions do you have?

5 Ways to Grow Staff Satisfaction & Lower Turnover

From a company point of view, you want to be getting the very best out of your people. But here’s the thing: there’s more to employee satisfaction and productivity than benefits, perks and compensation.

3 Best Tips to Address Negative Glassdoor Reviews

Here's how to best address negative reviews left by former (or even current) employees on company review websites such as Glassdoor.

Why HR Needs to Take eLearning & Training Seriously

If the thought of arranging third parties to come and conduct training sounds too time-consuming BUT you want to implement (or upgrade) the education you offer employees, it’s time to look at eLearning

What Do Effective Employee Recognition Programs Look Like?

How much are you doing to recognize your employees? A lot has been written about employee recognition but today we wanted to tackle the topic of having an effective employee program appreciation in place.

Stats That Prove Employee Recognition Matters

Employee recognition snowballs into something bigger and more beneficial for your organization. You can improve retention when you take the time to recognize the achievements of your employees

Employee Retention: Eliminating Toxicity In the Workplace

You can get through a tough Monday, make it through a hard week & take away positives from a poor quarter. But what happens when every day sucks?

Cultivating a Sense of Workplace Belonging

Employees feel like they belong at work when they believe their company and coworkers value their individuality. So how do you achieve that?

How You (& Your Employees) Can Avoid Burnout

Learn to spot the signs so you can step in & help employees who're struggling. But do your best to avoid burnout in the first place. Here's how.

Can You Predict and Prevent Employee Turnover?

Professionals who receive competitive job offers typically have a combination of experience & qualifications - and they are huge shoes to fill!

Why Business Leaders Must Prioritize Employee Experience

Company culture is associated with perks like ping-pong tables, free-flow coffee, and complimentary lunch. But should it go deeper than that?

Engage New Hires on Day 0 to Boost Employee Retention

In 2019 65% of companies reported hiring staff who failed to show on their 1st day. How can you decrease turnover if they haven’t even started?!

How & When to Recognize & Reward Employees

As HR it’s up to you to figure out what motivates people when it comes to rewards & recognition. Only then can you implement a meaningful program

5 Offsite Team Building Ideas That Don't Suck!

As HR you put time and effort into team building. Especially if it's offsite. And the last thing you want is people complaining about joining in

Here’s Why You Should Boost Workplace Motivation

Here you’ll see that investing time, effort & money in employee motivation can help boost your retention rates and cash flow in the long run.

The Makings of a Top-Rated Workplace

Whether big or small, strengthening your company's culture or becoming a top-rated workplace must always be one of your must-dos.

Crafting a Meaningful Employee Survey

Criticism and positive employee feedback are essential to understanding employee well-being, resiliency, and engagement. Here's how to get it!