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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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Retaining Talent? It Starts at the Top

Retaining Talent? It Starts at the Top | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Hiring and retaining top talent is critical to every business’ success.

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July 6, 2012 3:21 AM
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The 'X' Model of Employee Engagement

The 'X' Model of Employee Engagement | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

Employee engagement is a hot topic at the moment, and there is no shortage of available articles that you can read on the subject, however many are complex discussions from differing viewpoints, and this can lead to confusion for business owners wanting to know more.


To be able to follow the discussions around this important subject, it is important to understand the basic framework of employee engagement models, and reference back to these as you read more and develop a greater understanding.


This excellent short video, provides such a framework, and it gives a great overview of a way in which you can determine where your employees sit in terms of their level of engagement with their roles.




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July 5, 2012 9:36 PM
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JumpStart Your Employee Motivation

Delegation is providing your employees with ownership of the task, providing the tools for successfully completing the task, expressing the reward and consequences for completing the task and following up accordingly.


A good list of employee motivation strategies to drive higher performance and employee engagement. - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 8:07 PM
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HP Blogs - Survey says that workers don’t care about work?! I... - The HP Blog Hub

HP Blogs - Survey says that workers don’t care about work?! I... - The HP Blog Hub | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
I just came across this post in Baseline that states: More Workers Don’t Care About Work . I found this appalling. When so much of our lives are tied up into something – how can someone not care about it?


Another survey talking about declining employee motivation, morale, and engagement. As productivity plunges in most companies, when will the pain become so great that CEOs wake up and start to implement programs to raise employee satisfaction, morale, engagement, and passion? - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 6:11 PM
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The Terrible Management Technique That Cost Microsoft Its Creativity - Forbes

The Terrible Management Technique That Cost Microsoft Its Creativity - Forbes | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
see photosTony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesClick for full photo gallery: Steve Ballmer Vanity Fair has an article in its August issue that tells the story of how Microsoft (Bad management = poor employee performance = downfall of major company...


This is a good example of how a company policy that might have worked at one stage of the company's growth, not longer is appropriate. It's an example of a policy that forces outcomes based on how employees compete with each other, not one that encourages a culture of risk taking, innovation, and new ideas - which pretty much spells decline or death in the technology space. How can bright executives allow this to happen to their company? - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 5:52 PM
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Employee Engagement Strategy

Employee Engagement Strategy | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Employee engagement is not a strategy, an organizational competence, a morale booster, and so much more. What is it then? (Employee Engagement Strategy - Inconceivable!


Unknown said...I'm not sure I agree with the author's claim that employee engagement cannot be a strategy. By itself, I do agree employee morale, engagement, motivation, and satisfaction must come from the employee.


However, employers can create cultures or environments that encourage or discourage satisfaction, morale, motivation, and engagement.


Employers can implement a strategy that encourages employees to take ownership, be engaged, be motivated, passionate, and satisfied with their job. Employers can also create strategies (or accomplish the same thing through neglect) that turn off their workforce.


Without strategies, tactics, goals, measurement, and plans - the engagement of the workforce becomes random and arbitrary - more a function of luck than an organized effort. - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 4:43 PM
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The power of employee recognition

The power of employee recognition | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

Why is an employee recognition scheme essential? Engaged employees are up to 43% more productive. Engaged employees are twenty times more likely to improve your customer satisfaction and loyalty, productivity...


Are you shocked that your company doesn't have a formal recognition program? - Barry Deutsch

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Rescooped by Barry Deutsch from "employee engagement enhancement"
June 12, 2012 8:08 PM
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Steps to Cultivating Employee Engagement

Steps to Cultivating Employee Engagement | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

We need to create environments that cultivate employee engagement and passion; think of it as gardening. What can we do to create these kinds of environments?


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June 9, 2012 3:10 PM
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Challenging your employee survey to meet business demands | The Survey Initiative

Challenging your employee survey to meet business demands | The Survey Initiative | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

The emphasis on how HR uses information has become much more strategic and in this economic climate the use of information may form the distinction between the organisational winners and losers. Does your employee survey stack up?

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June 6, 2012 9:07 AM
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Who Owns the Employee Engagement, You or the Boss? - EIN News (press release)

Who Owns the Employee Engagement, You or the Boss? - EIN News (press release) | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

 "Who owns employee engagement?" More than half of the leaders surveyed said the organization does. But 100% of the highly engaged employees said they owned their own engagement.

 

What are the factors that create a highly engaged employee, and how do you become one?

Via Charney Coaching & Consulting, Jean-Philippe D'HALLUIN
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June 1, 2012 2:47 PM
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Onboarding: Ensuring Success for New Hires

Onboarding: Ensuring Success for New Hires | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
"It is an important part of the employer/employee relationship. Effective onboarding programs promote a number of benefits, including greater employee satisfaction, better job performance, greater commitment to the company, ...


Another article on the importance of onboarding which many companies - especially in the small business and entrepreneurial sector IGNORE - Barry


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http://www.impacthiringsolutions.com/Blog


Have you read our FREE book - You're NOT the Person I Hire?


This best-selling book is available as a FREE digital download on our website.

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June 1, 2012 12:46 PM
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Unleashing the Power of Employee Performance

Unleashing the Power of Employee Performance | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Managers cite performance evaluations as one of their most disliked tasks, and employees aren't usually fond of them either. But what if you could turn evaluations into a tool that would unleash the power of performance in ...
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May 29, 2012 6:30 PM
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A Passionate Work Culture. « Cannon Design Blog

A Passionate Work Culture. « Cannon Design Blog | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Paul Alofs recently wrote a strong piece on Fast Company's blog regarding what he believed to be the 8 rules for creating a passionate work culture. These rules touch on everything from hiring, to work/life balance and even ...


The key is how to engage your entire workforce continually to be passionate. What steps are you taking? Do you have a structured and organized plan for accomplishing this task? What's your first step in the next 90 days?  - Barry

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July 6, 2012 3:34 PM
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Do Your Managers Make Your Employees Miserable

Do Your Managers Make Your Employees Miserable | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
As an executive recruiter, one of the most common reasons I hear from candidates of why they are looking to leave their current role...


Why do you tolerate toxic, average, and mediocre supervisors, managers, and executives?


It's impossible to hire and keep great talent without great leadership - Barry

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July 5, 2012 11:26 PM
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Trust – The Key to Unlocking Employee Happiness

How are you and your company building trust equity?


One of the most important elements of employee satisfaction is the level of trust they have with their immediate boss or supervisor. Are you building or destroying trust equity with your team? - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 8:21 PM
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The Connection Between Employment Brand and Employee Engagement [Infographic]

The Connection Between Employment Brand and Employee Engagement [Infographic] | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Do you want to make your brand resonate with your employees? Most companies start by using their recognition program to reinforce and explain the desired values and behaviors. But if you want to make those values come alive—–go deeper.


Happy employees are more positive in telling their friends about opportunities at your company and in working with customers. Do you have happy employees who are brand ambassadors or sourpuss employees who could care less? - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 7:19 PM
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Survey Reveals Top Opportunities to Improve Employee Engagement

Survey Reveals Top Opportunities to Improve Employee Engagement | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Aon Hewitt recently released their 2012 Trends in Global Engagement. Several findings were unsurprising, but worthy of highlighting as many organizations still struggle with getting these basic factors of engagement success right.


Good ideas to start improving your culture and creating an environment of employee engagement. - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 6:04 PM
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ROI of Employee Recognition through Productivity, Profit Margin, Equity and More - RecognizeThis! Blog

ROI of Employee Recognition through Productivity, Profit Margin, Equity and More - RecognizeThis! Blog | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

Musings at the intersection of employee recognition, company culture, and total rewards.


Another great list of the value of employee recognition programs. What's holding you back from implementing just a few of these ideas? - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 4:57 PM
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True Nature of Employee Engagement More Complex Than Surveys Reveal

True Nature of Employee Engagement More Complex Than Surveys Reveal | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

High levels of employee engagement could actually be damaging for organisations if overly simplistic staff surveys mask the type of engagement at play within an organisation (Is the true nature of employee engagement more complex than surveys reveal?


Duh! Top performers are more engaged. This is not an earth-shattering concept. Top performers are more emotionally connected to their employers - again these are well-founded and accepted ideas.


Okay - so if they are so universal as concepts - why do most companies fail to consistently hire and retain these top performers? - Barry Deutsch

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July 5, 2012 1:25 PM
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3 Ways Managers Can Make Work Meaningful

3 Ways Managers Can Make Work Meaningful | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
I hear too often from managers, supervisors, “I don't have time for this.” I suspect they have time for hiring, onboarding, training? The tradeoff in time seems a no brainer. 2. Consistent Feedback. Gallup's Work Environment ...


How many CEOs believe that employees are engaged, commited, excited, turned-on, passionate, and motivated by the observation that they show up for work everyday? Can you believe the percentage of employees in your workforce that are disengaged? When is the right time to start to change this declining trend? - Barry Deutsch

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June 12, 2012 7:08 PM
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5 Ways Young Professionals Want to Be Led - Forbes

5 Ways Young Professionals Want to Be Led - Forbes | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Recently, my organization facilitated a roundtable session with fifteen young professionals. Their main concern was how to advance in a multi-generational workplace. Several of these young professionals felt that they didn’t belong or fit in their workplace; they were uncertain about who to trust and didn’t respect the manner in which they were being led. These young professionals were eager to learn the best ways their generation could take control, influence their workplace culture and start performing at the highest levels. They wanted to get noticed, create impact and at the same time discover how to start generating more income and accelerate their advancement.

This three hour roundtable was intense, but we successfully identified what these young professionals were really looking for: how to most effectively teach their baby boomer bosses how they seek to be led. As one young professional said, “if my boss understands how I am wired to work, I will not only teach the organization’s old guard how to lead my generation, but my performance will help contribute to the organization’s success. I will make them more relevant.” This confident perspective changed the conversation and helped to define the following top five ways young professionals want to be led by their baby boomer bosses.

 

1. Empower us; don’t micromanage our talent

 

2. Sponsor us; serve as role models

 

3. Allow us to manage our own brand; don’t define us

 

4. Trust us; don’t question our intentions

 

5. Challenge us; don’t marginalize us

 

More: http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2012/03/12/5-ways-young-professionals-want-to-be-led/

 

 


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June 9, 2012 2:55 PM
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5 Reasons why Employee Engagement fails

5 Reasons why Employee Engagement fails | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it

Engagement is not just a buzzword in corporate world alone, it’s everywhere; engage your customers in the business world, readers and viewers in the media world.

 

Engaging a community has become far more obvious with the emergence of social media tools like Facebook and twitter and with people effectively utilizing it. People are connected with a click of a button however distant they might be.

 

But why are we not able to connect or engage our own employees who we interact with everyday?


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June 6, 2012 8:06 AM
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Monitoring social media use of employees will rise, Gartner says

Monitoring social media use of employees will rise, Gartner says | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Corporations are starting to embrace technologies used to monitor employee Internet use, with 60% expected to watch workers' social media use for security breaches by 2015, according to a new report from Gartner.

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June 1, 2012 1:46 PM
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Build better relationships with employees - Sacramento Business Journal

Build better relationships with employees - Sacramento Business Journal | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Build better relationships with employeesSacramento Business JournalAs an executive coach and people strategist, I have witnessed the performance, health and cost benefits that occur when employees are satisfied and well-regarded in their jobs.


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http://www.impacthiringsolutions.com/Blog


Have you read our FREE book - You're NOT the Person I Hire?


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Breaking off the engagement: Study shows that even loyal employees become ... - Phys.Org

Breaking off the engagement: Study shows that even loyal employees become ... - Phys.Org | Retain Top Talent | Scoop.it
Breaking off the engagement: Study shows that even loyal employees become ...Phys.OrgAll businesses want "engaged" employees -- those who are committed to the success of the company and are willing to go the extra mile to see it flourish.


Barry Deutsch

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IMPACT Hiring Solutions

http://www.impacthiringsolutions.com/Blog


Have you read our FREE book - You're NOT the Person I Hire?


This best-selling book is available as a FREE digital download on our website.

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