I am a consultant and professional speaker, and my core audience
is business owners and C-suite level executives in million to multibillion-dollar
companies. The number one issue has been and still is finding and keeping employees.
So many of my clients and audience members had issues like loyal
employees who wanted to stay in their small town or the same city, and so they remained
employees, but during covid, they were offered jobs with better pay and benefits
where they could stay where they are, and work remotely for a company in
another city.
It's a combination of the employees having childcare
issues, being unhappy and not sharing it
with their companies, being ok, but seeing greener grass offered, or owners and
C-suite executives not being aware of just how dissatisfied their employees were.
They talk to me about the difficulties, the time, and the money they now have
to spend to find replacement employees.
I recommend
- Getting
consistent, timely, and specific feedback from employees on their job satisfaction,
and
- Exploring what you can do as a company to help employees with days off, child care, and elder care issues.
- Make
sure your HR component is always actively looking for good employees
- Give bonuses
to employees that bring in a great new employee through their network.
