Ideas that are worth your 5 mins_Part 1

Here are some best actionable ideas that I have come across from people, books and articles.

1. Tackle retention issues with stay interviews

If you are a manager, you would agree that retaining people is challenging and a bit tricky when one day they are all happy and engaged and the next day they come to you about their decision to move on. I think every manager should be supportive of their team member’s growth and at the same time make sure their decision to leave the organization to grow is not stemming from the issues that could have been addressed proactively. This idea speaks to conducting “stay” interviews to proactively identify issues and problems and solve them so that you don’t lose highly engaged and motivated employees.

You ask your loyal employees some key questions to understand how engaged they are. Here are the four suggested questions :

• What’s your frame of mind today? Listen to their response, appreciate their honesty and engage them in creating a solution.
• Who do you feel connected to at work? Explore ways to deepen those relationships because the glue that connects us to our colleagues also connects us to our companies. Finding ways for people to regularly connect socially and build relationships will extend their shelf…