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!
