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Who Is Your Superhero for Improving Engagement & Retention?

November 10, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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The correct answer is your CFO…your chief financial officer…even though Spiderman would make work more fun. Everyone on your top team including your CEO should look to your CFO to provide teeth for your engagement and retention efforts.

Are You Hiring For Applicants Who Want A Job? A Career? Or A Calling?

November 5, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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Doesn’t the thought of a new hire who sees work as a calling sound nearly the same as someone who is highly engaged in her work? And has her attention focused on improving her performance and learning more rather than looking for other jobs online?

Ready to Lose Good Workers Who Quit to Stay Home With Their Children?

October 27, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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There is a new bug going around and I’m afraid we are all going to catch it. The bug is you will lose several high-performing employees because they will choose…

Suffering from High Turnover & Low Engagement?

October 20, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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What does science tell us about cutting turnover and improving engagement? Do scientific studies mention exit interviews? Employee surveys? Focus groups? Salary surveys? Benefits benchmarks?

Fool-Proof Methods To Improve Employee Engagement Every Time – Guaranteed!

October 13, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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Does any metric across your entire company matter more than employee engagement? Or employee retention? Unless you are creating revenue entirely with robots, the answer is no. As you consider this, also consider that top-performers generate as much productivity as four workers, so it is essential that you know what each of them thinks about...

BREAKING NEWS: Employee Engagement Plunged from 38% to 31% in One Month

October 6, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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June’s report showed Gallup’s most significant drop in history, where employee engagement decreased to 31%...fast. Gallup tells us the largest decline “was among those in managerial or leadership positions, as well as non-White respondents and those with Democratic political party affiliations or independents”.

The Truth About Who Will Work From Home

September 29, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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It is hard to build the personal level of trust that is required for true engagement and retention without in-person interactions.

Employees Still Quitting and Companies Still Hiring During Pandemic

September 22, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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people are still quitting and business are still hiring during the pandemic

There continues to be a lot of action on the job-changing front. The data doesn’t lie

Want to Know the Massive Missing Piece Regarding Supervisory Training?

September 15, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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Choose any one of the hot current supervisory training programs, say Emotional Intelligence or Situational Leadership or Constructive Confrontations, and you’ll find they all hit the wall in practice due to a very easy-to-grasp reason.

Straight Talk for CHROs for Retaining Nurses & Other First-Responders

September 8, 2020
Richard Finnegan
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SHRM and I are collaborating on a new book, aiming to re-direct companies to build entirely new cultures and identify new benefits coming out of the pandemic.