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Hiring top talent is only the start. Now you have to work hard to keep your very best talent. Most companies stink at structured and systematic retention of their top performers. Discover how to prevent turnover and keep your best people.
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Should the Chief Happiness Officer be your next hire?

Should the Chief Happiness Officer be your next hire? | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
More and more businesses are hiring a Chief Happiness Officer. What is it and where does it come from? And more importantly, do you need one?
Barry Deutsch's insight:

At first I had to laugh at this article - but then it hit me: Shouldn't your HR person be the individual tasked with ensuring employee happiness - along with employee engagement, employee satisfaction, employee learning and development, employee experience?

 

Why do we need to hire or contract with someone when that should be our chief people person? The issue is if you're not a big enough organization yet to support a full time senior professional HR person who drive these initiatives, what's your options? You could hire a "fractional" or part-time HR exec that supports you one day a month or one a week to drive these initiatives and set the programs up. Don't let your size or lack of a full time permanent person stop you from moving foward on the critical initiatives that dictate high or low productivity.

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Is Employee Engagement A Painkiller Or A Vitamin?

Is Employee Engagement A Painkiller Or A Vitamin? | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Traditionally, companies have had to master the art of providing painkillers — health care, retirement benefits, additional wellbeing resources, etc.
Barry Deutsch's insight:

Interesting article on the Forbes website talking about employee engagement/satisfaction/happiness in terms of vitamins are pain-killers. Unfortunately, the concepts discussed are so far out in left field that many companies might have trouble considering these ideas.

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New Research Identifies Six Ways To Increase Happiness In The Workplace

New Research Identifies Six Ways To Increase Happiness In The Workplace | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Studies suggest that cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness interventions are most effective at increasing workplace happiness.
Barry Deutsch's insight:

We usually think more about employee engagement than employee happiness - here are some ideas on the subject of helping your employees to attain happiness in their work from FORBES.

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