Employee Retention

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 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.

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?

3 Common HR Hurdles and How to Overcome Them

HR can be a tricky profession to excel at thanks to its myriad of moving parts and ever changing rules, regulations and concepts.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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!

How to Help Your 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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

How to Increase Your 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.

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.

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.

6 Ways to Show Your Employees a Little Love

The link between employee appreciation and retention isn’t rocket science: show your people you appreciate them and they’re more likely to do a good job. And less likely to spend their lunchtime scanning job sites! And the good news is, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune - or even anything at all.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Star Employees: What Makes Them Stay?

As a manager, how do you avoid the resignation of your star employees who are diligent, passionate, and who think before they act? It's time to find out.

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.

3 Types of 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

3 Best Tips to Address Negative Glassdoor Reviews

Receiving negative glassdoor reviews about your company can be disheartening since disgruntled employees can take advantage of the chance to let all their anger out in that review.

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?

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!

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.