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      Category: Retention

      24Sep
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      All Cows Will Please Report to the Barn
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Communication, Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention, War for Talent, Working Remotely

      All Cows Will Please Report to the Barn

      Recently, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy gave notice that all AMZN corporate staff were to be back in the barn working in January 2025. (Before anyone sends any inflammatory emails, we’ve…

      13Jul
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      Can We Resume the Beatings Yet?
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention, War for Talent

      Can We Resume the Beatings Yet?

      The war for talent is far from over. Employers who relax measures to attract and retain the best talent will fall behind their competitors for talent.

      14Feb
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      RTO Mandates: How to Make Recruiting and Retention Even Harder
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention, War for Talent, Working Remotely

      RTO Mandates: How to Make Recruiting and Retention Even Harder

      Let’s get right to the point. Consider two groups, A and B. Group A: Knowledge workers who want the option to work remotely, or hybrid. Group B: Managers who want…

      22Nov
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      What Elon Musk is Proving About Leading People
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Retention, War for Talent

      What Elon Musk is Proving About Leading People

      OK, I know Elon Musk is as easy a target as we’ve ever had. But if you will, please allow me this irony-laced observation: The person with more access than…

      01Nov
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      Where did all the workers go? The last four reasons there don't seem to be enough workers
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Recruiting, Retention, War for Talent

      Where did all the workers go? The last four reasons there don't seem to be enough workers

      In the first three installments of this series (July 12, Sept 12, and Oct 25), we tried to shine some light on the headscratcher of the year, “Where did everyone…

      12Sep
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      Where Did All the Workers Go? A Lot Retired.
      By Richard Haddenin Recruiting, Retention, War for Talent

      Where Did All the Workers Go? A Lot Retired.

      Where did all the workers go? Answer #3 in the series: People retired in droves. Way more than anyone expected. More than half the people who voluntarily withdrew themselves from…

      27Jul
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      Where Did All the Workers Go?
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Recruiting, Retention, War for Talent

      Where Did All the Workers Go?

      The severe labor shortage of 2022 has most of us vexed. The question I keep hearing is “Where did everyone go?” If you look deep enough (and I have), the…

      12Jul
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      Labor Shortage? Or Appreciation Shortage? More than 17 Ways to Say Thank You
      By Richard Haddenin Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Retention

      Labor Shortage? Or Appreciation Shortage? More than 17 Ways to Say Thank You

      While almost every employer in the developed world is grappling with a labor shortage, one of the underlying causes is, in fact, an appreciation shortage.

      02Jan
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      Part Three: Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent: Retention
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Retention

      Part Three: Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent: Retention

      OK, I started this series of 3 articles (Part I – Recruiting, Part II – Onboarding, and this third part, on Retention), calling it 27 Things You Can Do Right…

      09Dec
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      Part Two - Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent - Onboarding
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      Part Two - Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent - Onboarding

      By Richard Hadden and Bill Catlette Onboarding new talent- when done well – is probably the smartest thing you can do to preserve your investment in recruiting (which was the…

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