HRDs are often taught that retaining staff is paramount. It seems especially important right now, amidst the so-called ‘Great Resignation’ (which, let’s … Read more
How to Navigate Employee Compensation When Faced with Furloughs
The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the economy. Small startups to massive corporations are facing difficult decisions to sustain the health … Read more
Do You Know the Real Reasons Your Employees are Quitting?
Note: This article is part of an occasional series dedicated to exploring the contribution of human capital assets (people!) to the valuation of a … Read more
5 Ways You Can Use Exit Interviews to Improve Performance
A critical performance management tool that often goes underutilized and undervalued is that of the exit interview. It might feel awkward for employees to … Read more
Reduce the Trauma of a Layoff Or Firing With an Offboarding Plan
Staff reductions involve multiple moving parts. You make gut-wrenching decisions about who’s being let go, HR drafts severance agreements, and your legal … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Fight Unemployment Claims
Business owners, especially small business owners, are constantly concerned about keeping costs down — and rightfully so. But there are some scenarios in … Read more
Four Interviews That Will Improve Engagement and Retention
Jason didn’t impress Marcus from the outset of his initial job interview, but Marcus gave him a chance because he came from a trusted reference. Despite … Read more
It’s Your Job to Keep Company Data Safe So Talk to IT
Terminating employees is never a fun task for HR, but it’s sometimes a necessary function that must be handled properly. Ensuring the organization’s … Read more
Turnover’s Silver Lining
Employee turnover is higher than ever. In fact, a May 2016 report from Gallup estimates that turnover from millennials alone costs the U.S. economy $30.5 … Read more
5 Signs That Point to An Employee About to Quit
Every employer knows that recruiting the best and brightest is tough. What’s even tougher is having to replace them. One of the best ways to retain … Read more
Are ‘stay interviews’ the key to improving retention at your company?
A key to achieving success in human capital management is maintaining some control over employee turnover. It’s hard to run a profitable business if your … Read more
Why You Need To Stop Pretending Your Exit Survey Is Useful
Let’s say you have an employee, Eric, who has decided to leave the company. Shortly before his last day, you ask him to fill out an exit survey. Once you … Read more
Can Paying People to Quit Actually Drive Better Employee Engagement?
What do you do with an “adequate” employee — the type of person who puts in just enough effort to get the job done, but is clearly only in it for the … Read more
When Employees Quit: Maybe It’s About More Than Just a Bad Boss
Employees don’t leave organizations, they leave … … BOSSES! Right?! Right? Right? For at least the past two decades, the foundation of … Read more
Carefully Navigating, and Managing, the End of the Employee Relationship
Companies often spend lots of time and money on the beginning of the employment relationship — onboarding — and this investment makes sense. … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 7 Resolutions You Need to Make to Find and Retain Talent
At the end of every year, we are likely to see a rash of articles in the business press reporting the percentage of employees who have made a New Year’s … Read more
The Power of Departing Employees, or Why Offboarding is Critically Important
Though most companies today are laser-focused on the onboarding process, many overlook the importance of offboarding. In fact, Aberdeen research finds that … Read more
The 3 Things That People Should Always Say When Resigning
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. I have people ask me to help them write a … Read more
Is Denying an Attempt to Rescind a Resignation Just Workplace Retaliation?
By Eric B. Meyer Is it possible that denying an employee’s attempt to rescind her resignation may actually be … retaliation? OK, not exactly. … Read more
I Only Want to Hire People Who Have Been Fired – and Have Something to Prove
I was once fired from a job. I won’t go into the story because we all have a story and we all frame it to sound like a victim. In hindsight, many years … Read more