Employee Retention?
Not a Problem When Training Your Leaders

Attracting and retaining employees is a topic of endless articles, conference sessions, books and Webcasts, as well as the basis – the “raison d’être” – for numerous product launches. Yet retaining talented employees, while requiring effort and focus, may not be such a dilemma, according to Impact Achievement Group.

Superior management practices and effective leadership are key missing ingredients in many organizations, evident in the many organizations that Rick Tate and Julie White, PhD., senior managing partners for the leadership development firm, have consulted with through the years.

Companies giving low priority to developing leaders may eventually realize a domino effect through the organization in terms of retention. Recent research by Gallup(TM) has shown that competitive pay, benefits, and amenities are the market ante for any employee – superior, mediocre and poor performers.

Leaders must understand what high performing direct reports demand from their work environment to engage their best efforts and loyalty: