Tag: Employee Retention

Employee retention matters, and is one of the primary measures for the sustainability of your organisation. So, here are 10 tips for attracting and retaining staff in 2011 and beyond.

Top performing employees in the finance and accounting industries are more difficult to find now than at the same time last year, contributing to greater concern amongst employers about attracting and retaining top performing employees.

Staff retention is not an exact science and different employees will respond to different incentives. But losing good staff is sometimes a reality and that’s where succession planning is key.

More than half of the Australasian workforce hates their job or have an indifferent attitude to it, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Leadership Management Australasia (LMA).

LMA’s L.E.A.D. (Leadership Employment & Direction) Survey for 2011 found the almost 60 percent of staff that gain no real satisfaction from their job was a contributing to factor to Australasia’s languishing productivity.

New research has found that employees choose to work for an organisation based on the job description, but leave because of poor relationships with management. Over a million employees participated in the survey conducted by Gallop on behalf of the Chartered Management Institute. Coach trainer and communication expert, Maureen Pound of Performance Toolkit anticipates that […]

Want to grow your business, but can’t retain staff for long enough to do it? Linda Nall, marketing manager for MEGT Australia Ltd, looks at some useful ways to retain staff and keep them happy and committed to growing your business. Every time I interview a young person who has successfully made the transition from […]

Retaining staff is becoming harder as a result of the skills shortage. Gavin Dixon, CEO of Reckon Limited’s Business Division, offers his suggestions on how staff training and evaluation are a must for retaining staff, and keeping them happy, motivated and performing at their best. Staff turnover is expected to cost Australian businesses more than […]

Australia has become an employees’ market. So how can you maintain a low staff turnover without blowing your budget? Here are 50 cost-effective ways to retain staff by keeping them happy and loyal. 1. Salary One of the biggest employee motivators, pay is what attracts us to most new positions and encourages us to stay. […]