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How to Keep Employees Engaged During the Pandemic – Podcast

April 20, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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SHRM, the global Society for Human Resource Management, asked me to be a guest on a recent episode of the All Things Work podcast regarding the unique challenges of engaging employees effectively during the pandemic. You can listen to the ideas I shared with host Tony Lee.

Connecting Dots Between Benefits, Employee Turnover, & Netflix

April 13, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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We learned a new trick at home this past weekend, that when we turned on the captions the shows got better. It cleared up jumbled dialogue and we paid more attention to the background notes. Things didn’t notice before that add to the experience but still don’t compete with the primary story line, the continuously-developing plot, and the stars of the show. And the stars of your must-cut-turnover show are your first line supervisors.

7 New Statistics on the Road Record-Level Turnover Coming

April 6, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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So now comes new information in the past seven days that drives home that this wacky idea of 3.2% unemployment by year end is real. And as hard as it is to retain your best current workers, retaining is a better strategy than recruiting…against the headwinds of all that is listed above. How does one recruit better when unemployment is becoming 3.2%? And maybe even worse in your local market?

Two Things I Can Predict About Working From Home

March 30, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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Working From Home is hardly new so any predictions about its strengths and weaknesses have already been proven, just not the grand scale that we might soon see. But having said that, WFH during the pandemic is not the same as regular, organized, we-all-buy-into-this WFH that we will see in the future.

What’s Right…and Wrong…About SHRM’s Monday Report on Upcoming Turnover

March 23, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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In their weekly member newsletter yesterday, SHRM predicted a turnover “tsunami” once the pandemic ends, re-surfacing that employee retention is at major risk regardless of today’s unemployment rate.

Social Awareness Has Led to Hiring More Black Workers. How Do We Keep Them?

March 16, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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Social Awareness Has Led to Hiring More Black Workers. So How Do We Keep Them & Advance Them?

The best and most comprehensive study on how U.S. companies are doing, specifically with retaining and advancing Black workers, was recently released. And the outcome says we have work to do.

The First Stay Interview – A St. Patrick’s Day Limerick

March 9, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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Shannon brought her concerns, Not expecting to learn, That her boss could connect, Who was once circumspect, So both felt good when they adjourned.

Forbes Magazine Reinforces the Drumbeat for Employee Retention Now

March 2, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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Millions of people lost jobs in the pandemic. The largest group were laid off in March and April 2020, but layoffs continued above pre-pandemic averages even in recent weeks. Several factors, though, prevent these people from filling the positions that are open.

Startling Facts: How 2020 Impacted Working Women

February 23, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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The much-less told story of 2020 is how many women dropped out of the workforce and most of them still remain on the sidelines. The reasons for this particular contribution to your turnover rates cover a lot of ground.

Conducting Stay Interviews in African Gold Mines Eliminates All Excuses

February 16, 2021
Richard Finnegan
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Several years ago, AngloGold Ashanti invited me to help them lower their turnover rates in African gold mines…for jobs a full four kilometers underground. AngloGold Ashanti’s turnover situation was just like many of ours. Too few workers available, the jobs had their shortcomings, and their workers didn’t stay.