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The Crucial Time of Day for Stay/Leave Decisions

April 3, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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Two hours in the day matter more for turnover than any other hours of that day. Those two hours are the ones immediately after work ends, regardless of each employee’s schedule or shift. The hours when we review our day.

How Bad Managers Drive Turnover

March 28, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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Is it just a coincidence that the worst managers usually blame their employee turnover on pay? Not enough staff? HR recruits ineffective workers? That leaders see employees’ reasons for leaving as every possible one but themselves? I think not.

Why 80% of Quitters Regret Quitting

March 21, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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A Paychex study tells us 80% of those who changed jobs during “The Great Resignation” have regrets and wish they hadn’t walked out on their original jobs. Let’s extrapolate that over the more than 97 million quitters from 2021-2022. That’s 77.6 million people who regret quitting their job. Let that sink in.

This HBR Report On Turnover Tells the Hard Truth

March 13, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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The Harvard Business Review has a reputation as the leading deep-thinking research publication for organizations to reach their highest performance levels. A recent report certainly meets that standard and provides one key retention instruction for executives of all industries.

Do Managers Create as Much Stress as Spouses?

March 7, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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The answer is “yes”, according to a new SHRM study that covers the overall impact of managers on employees’ mental health.

Is Recruiting Today a Doom Loop for Tomorrow’s Turnover?

February 28, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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What is the best two-word description for recruiting today? Doom Loop “a painful cycle of decline”. The recruiting doom loop can be overcome with proven smart retention practices.

CVS Waives the White Flag on Turnover

February 21, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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Pharmacist Waives the White Flag on Turnover

CVS and Walmart announced last week they would cut pharmacy hours “in the midst of a pharmacist shortage.” There is a “canary in the coal mine” situation happening here.

The Day “The Great Resignation” Conquered The 2023 Recession

February 14, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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It’s all about workforce numbers and the statistics all point to the same thing - the unprecedented force of “The Great Resignation” has soundly defeated the predicted recession.

Exit Interviews – More Like Autopsies or Toe Tags?

February 7, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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Exit interviews are often constructed so poorly that the most common leave reason is “better opportunity”. How can HR possibly quantify what “better opportunity” means? Perhaps managers should be asking their current employees why they stay.

Supervisory Training’s Missing Piece: Practice

January 31, 2023
Richard Finnegan
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Choose any one of the hot current supervisory training programs and you’ll find they all hit the wall in day-to-day use due to a very easy-to-grasp reason; because we ask the attending supervisors to be reactive vs proactive, that “the next time this circumstance happens, do this”.