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talent retention
team building
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Issue #12
During our team building work with client
organizations, we've compiled a collection of barriers that we see creating
enormous stress for individuals, blocking performance in teams, and robbing
organizations of productivity.
Each issue, one of these barriers will be addressed in
our newsletter.
We'll include some suggestions for breakthrough
thinking to give you ideas for
how you might begin busting through these barriers.
Today’s Employees Have No Loyalty
They can be loyal; but they
expect more than sitting in a cubicle for thirty years … followed by a gold
watch.
Reliable polls have
indicated recently that many of the more experienced employees in organizations
today yearn for the “good old days” when they went to work for a company … and
stayed there.
There is no denying that
there are strong downdrafts created by such trends as downsizing, outplacement,
McJobs (short-term and part-time employment), in addition to the high-velocity
changes in information technology.
Let’s face it, Generation
Y, the new 20-something workforce, who occupy your jobs and departments, doesn’t
manifest loyalty the way earlier generations did. Sure, they can be loyal;
but they expect more than sitting in a cubicle for thirty years … followed by a
gold watch.
Surveys indicate that even
these newer workers, if they had their preference, would stay where they are –
as long as they get the job satisfaction and competitive perks they’re looking
for.
It’s a two-way street
today. Gone are the days when employers can have a cavalier attitude:
Hey . . . if you don’t like it here, you can always leave. There are lots
of hungry people out there.
Shifting demographics such
as retiring baby boomers, and the exponential explosion of knowledge-based
industries, make retention of your workers a real necessity.
Remember: It's an Employee's Market Right Now.
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