by Beth | Jun 1, 2022 | Employee Retention
Over Memorial Day weekend, my daughter, Katy, decided to foster a Mama dog and her four puppies. We spent 24 hours getting the house ready and drove to the Hylands area near Westminster, Colorado, to pick them up. Then, we spent Memorial Day doing nothing but sitting on the floor staring at the babies. We laughed loudly at the antics these babies had for getting to the food source! We bonded over naming them: Mama Lily, Aspen and Barley, the boys, and Sage and Clover are the girls. We created lasting memories.
This experience reminded me of something vital in the workplace that many of us forget. Retention is so much easier when the employees are bonded and create lovely memories together. Most people generally don’t want to leave their jobs because it is very stressful. Retention is simply providing the motivation to stay, and the best way to do that is this:
1) provide a great place to work
2) provide great work
3) provide bonding experiences
4) pay well.
And I would now add volunteering together to save puppies.
Power thought: It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. Retaining your staff doesn’t have to be ruff!
by Beth | May 18, 2022 | Company Culture
As many of you know, my daughter, Katy has had several surgeries over the last 12 years, and as a kid, she never learned to do a cartwheel…until last week.
Katy is a junior at the University of Miami and is right in the middle of finals. When she simply couldn’t study ONE MORE MINUTE, she and her friends went running through the park to get their Wheaties out. One of her friends executed a perfect cartwheel and encouraged Katy to try. She was nervous, but she tried. And succeeded! She was so excited!
Doing things that we have never done before is vital to our growth and longevity. It also boosts our confidence, which begets doing other things we have never done before. Then we have better creativity, better innovation, and more efficient progress. In addition, it creates a bond to your employee that is unlike any other.
If you want to retain your people, to elevate culture, encourage your employees to learn something new. Brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand, drive to work a different way, or attend a conference.
Soon enough, you and your whole team will be turning cartwheels!
by Beth | May 4, 2022 | Employee Hiring
I am interviewing with one of my favorite clients for a high-level employee making in the 6 figures. A gentleman that we interviewed trashed his last boss, and then asked what type of product we sell. The name of the product is in the company name. He continued to ask questions that would have easily been answered if he had gone to the website for a mere 5 minutes. He chose not to do any research.
My client said, “He sounds like the type of guy that shows up to the gym in jeans.”
Being prepared when you are interviewing for a job is simply a MUST. If you aren’t willing to do even a little bit of research on the company with whom you are interviewing, that is a direct reflection of your (dis)interest in the company and a job.
On the flip side, you as the employer must also be prepared for your interview. Know their name. Have the job description in front of you, so that you can answer questions about expectations. Also, know ahead of time the pay, who the supervisor will be, what the training program will look like and who will be in charge of that process.
POWER THOUGHT: Don’t sweat hiring! Show up raring to go! (In the right clothes, of course!)
by Beth | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Good morning, New Employee!
We are so glad that you are here and are excited to get you going on your training. First, I would like to tell you about the hiring process that we went through to find you. Here are the numbers:
We had 297 applicants. We interviewed 49 people for the first interview; we had 11 second interviews and we had 3 third interviews.
We chose you.
So, when you get frustrated, and you will, I want you to remember that we fought hard for you, and we want this to be a great experience for all of us. Make sure that you come to me with questions all along the way, and we promise to do our best to provide a great work environment for you.
Ready to get started?
Can you imagine how you would feel if your new boss began your tenure this way? Your employee will be overwhelmed by how much work you did to find them, and they will start off working for you feeling valued, needed and committed.
Are you inspired? Think of how they feel!
POWER THOUGHT: According to Google, a new employee is 25% more successful and they stay longer when they have a meeting with their manager on their first day.
by Beth | Apr 6, 2022 | Company Culture, Employee Hiring, Employee Retention
As most of you know, my daughter, Katy, is a nursing major at the University of Miami. Now that she is finishing her junior year, she started applying for internships, and in the second week of January, she got hired at a rehab center, which is a coveted place to work.
Katy is fluent in Spanish, she has a 3.93 grade point average and her Clinical Instructor told her that she would be a great nurse one day. As her mother, I think that she is a very qualified candidate. 😊
Katy’s training for her new role took 7 weeks to get scheduled. When she showed up on her first day at 8 AM as instructed, she waited in the lobby for an hour and a half for the hiring manager to show up. She finally decided to find the floor where she would be working and spent the rest of her shift taking vitals for patients on the floor. She spent almost the whole shift speaking Spanish to patients.
From a recruiting standpoint, I am completely appalled. She is the best of the brightest, and to be treated this way before she even started?
And companies wonder why they can’t keep people…
POWER THOUGHT: If you want to keep your employees, start valuing them on day one.
