Tag: Retaining Staff

Majority of employers are luring top talent with benefits rather than salary: study

Now is the perfect time for businesses to re-evaluate their hiring processes. Here are tips for any business looking to land top talent…

Has your company culture morphed into a frankenstein with a life of its own? It’s almost certainly distracting you and everyone else from actually doing great work.

Follow Warren Buffett’s example – the confidence to close big deals comes from having a strong team behind you.

It’s time for one of your employees to move on, so now’s the perfect time to learn about the business’ strengths and weaknesses in a candid exit interview.

Not every staff member will want a vertical promotion, so employers must look to alternative career paths to motivate employees that aren’t interested in leadership opportunities. Here are some ideas to try.

An increasing number of small and medium businesses are adopting flexible working practices, and they’re seeing rises in productivity and revenue as a result.

A recent survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Management has shown that 90 percent of businesses are confident about surviving the economic crisis, and see retaining skilled staff as the number one priority for their business during the downturn.

Staff often have a healthy distrust of managers who pay a lot of lip service but don’t commit words to action. A simple way to gain your employees’ trust is to do what you say you will do. Too often, managers make announcements to maintain the facade of keeping everyone up to date when the […]

Australia’s workforce is ageing; no surprise there. But what are you doing to retain older employees? After all, these committed employees have the skills you need. National Seniors Australia has launched a Corporate Employees membership category, for employers looking to reward their 50-plus employees. “Recent research funded by National Seniors has revealed that as workers […]