Layoffs are seen as a quick and easy way to cut costs in an uncertain economy—but at what cost to surviving employees and culture? Mass layoffs affect not only those who lose their jobs, but also those who stay behind.

The best employee retention strategies address the reasons employees are leaving the organization. Are your employees unhappy with their chances for advancement? Are they less engaged or are they unhappy with the work? Did they have a bad experience with a manager or co-worker? Or is a toxic workplace culture the issue? Once you know this use one or all the & employee retention strategies in this podcast to keep employees staying with your organization longer.

Keeping top employees is crucial because hiring and onboarding a new employee is time consuming and expensive and after that the new employee needs time to get up to speed. How do employers retain employee? By putting in place effective employee retention strategies specific to their company and work environment. Instead of doing the bare minimum to retain employees, employers should focus on multiple areas of the work experience that are proven to combat high turnover rates and keep employees longer.

Communication has a direct influence on your organization’s overall experience. It also impacts company and member performance. Want a more successful, profitable company and a place that people want to return day after day? Then start with working on communication.

Poor or lack of clear, authentic and concise communication is at the root of many issues. And, working on this area is a great asset to business and non profit success. In this podcast, I cover ways to enhance communication both written and non verbal and move your organization on to further success.

Making organizational changes can affect everyone in your company making putting a systematic change process in place a necessity. Avoid pitfalls and encourage faster implementation and easier transitions by incorporating the 4 principles and 8 steps I talk about in this podcast. Join me in making changes easier on everyone.

Take the time to design your future by thinking about the future. No one can predict what will happen but by developing a strong strategic plan with a solid mission and vision, a company can better control their destiny and achieve the mission that they set out to do. Then be prepared to pivot when necessary but keep mission and viision forefront.

Changes are an inevitable part of business life and changes can be hard to make. In this podcast, I cover questions to ask yourself and your team BEFORE deciding if a change is worth the effort. I also cover key points in the banking issues that happened last week.

Making changes within your company might be hard depending on the extent that it disrupts the way things have always been done. Therefore, before heading off to make any change just to make a change may not be the best solution or idea. Ask yourself and those on your team these few questions. Plus a bit about recent bank collapses.

To implement an effective change management project ask yourself and your team these 15 questions. Change can be difficult, and the process often runs into barriers and issues that must be overcome to successfully make the change. People including upper management and staff make all the difference in how the changes are implemented and accepted. Get answers to key questions before starting this process to insure a better, smoother process.