61623; Encourage in-house referrals; you will get them if your employees like working for you.
 Have candidates observe the work environment…to see what is working and what isn’t.
 Give candidates the opportunity to interact with current staff and consumers of service.

2. Supervision
 Hold high performance standards with a low tolerance for inadequate performance; stress continuous improvement.
 Each employee

In November I wrote an article entitled, “Is Staff Turnover Keeping you Poor…Costs and Affordable Solutions”. The article identified eight simple tips to reduce turnover and related expenses. The tips detailed:
1. Involving staff in turnover reduction planning
2. Evaluating your hiring process
3. Addressing communication issues
4. Recognition and praise
5. Staff training and development
6. Positive relations among staff
7. Starting the campaign with successful actions
8. Tracking actions

Business and human service leaders everywhere understand the importance of reducing turnover. Clearly, turnover is an expense as well as a threat to the maintenance of quality products and services. Can we manage this problem or is it just part of the cost of doing business? Unfortunately there is very little data to substantiate what works. But experience and employee surveys tell much about the roots of job dissatisfaction. Staff retention is related to two factors:

 Wages at market rate or above.
 Employers who treat their employees very well!

This article examines organizational operations in seven areas. In each area we will identify practices that speak to hiring and retaining qualified and dedicated staff. How many of these practices does your organization have in place?

1. Hiring Process
 A marketing oriented statement spelling out why a candidate would want to work for you.
 A hiring process that eliminates bottlenecks or proceeds so slow that candidates are lost.
 Clear descriptions of the requirements of your ideal candidate.
 Don’t “settle” by hiring someone who doesn’t really meet your needs, just to get the position filled.
 Look for candidates with flexibility; today’s job requirements may change.
 Encourage in-house referrals; you will get them if your employees like working for you.
 Have candidates observe the work environment…to see what is working and what isn’t.
 Give candidates the opportunity to interact with current staff and consumers of service.

2. Supervision
 Hold high performance standards with a low tolerance for inadequate performance; stress continuous improvement.
 Each employee

he campaign with successful actions
8. Tracking actions

Business and human service leaders everywhere understand the importance of reducing turnover. Clearly, turnover is an expense as well as a threat to the maintenance of quality products and services. Can we manage this problem or is it just part of the cost of doing business? Unfortunately there is very little data to substantiate what works. But experience and employee surveys tell much about the roots of job dissatisfaction. Staff retention is related to two factors:

 Wages at market rate or above.
 Employers who treat their employees very well!

This article examines organizational operations in seven areas. In each area we will identify practices that speak to hiring and retaining qualified and dedicated staff. How many of these practices does your organization have in place?

1. Hiring Process
 A marketing oriented statement spelling out why a candidate would want to work for you.
 A hiring process that eliminates bottlenecks or proceeds so slow that candidates are lost.
 Clear descriptions of the requirements of your ideal candidate.
 Don’t “settle” by hiring someone who doesn’t really meet your needs, just to get the position filled.
 Look for candidates with flexibility; today’s job requirements may change.
 Encourage in-house referrals; you will get them if your employees like working for you.
 Have candidates observe the work environment…to see what is working and what isn’t.
 Give candidates the opportunity to interact with current staff and consumers of service.

2. Supervision
 Hold high performance standards with a low tolerance for inadequate performance; stress continuous improvement.
 Each employee

ts of job dissatisfaction. Staff retention is related to two factors:

 Wages at market rate or above.
 Employers who treat their employees very well!

This article examines organizational operations in seven areas. In each area we will identify practices that speak to hiring and retaining qualified and dedicated staff. How many of these practices does your organization have in place?

1. Hiring Process
 A marketing oriented statement spelling out why a candidate would want to work for you.
 A hiring process that eliminates bottlenecks or proceeds so slow that candidates are lost.
 Clear descriptions of the requirements of your ideal candidate.
 Don’t “settle” by hiring someone who doesn’t really meet your needs, just to get the position filled.
 Look for candidates with flexibility; today’s job requirements may change.
 Encourage in-house referrals; you will get them if your employees like working for you.
 Have candidates observe the work environment…to see what is working and what isn’t.
 Give candidates the opportunity to interact with current staff and consumers of service.

2. Supervision
 Hold high performance standards with a low tolerance for inadequate performance; stress continuous improvement.
 Each employee

riented statement spelling out why a candidate would want to work for you.
 A hiring process that eliminates bottlenecks or proceeds so slow that candidates are lost.
 Clear descriptions of the requirements of your ideal candidate.
 Don’t “settle” by hiring someone who doesn’t really meet your needs, just to get the position filled.
 Look for candidates with flexibility; today’s job requirements may change.
 Encourage in-house referrals; you will get them if your employees like working for you.
 Have candidates observe the work environment…to see what is working and what isn’t.
 Give candidates the opportunity to interact with current staff and consumers of service.

2. Supervision
 Hold high performance standards with a low tolerance for inadequate performance; stress continuous improvement.
 Each employee

61623; Encourage in-house referrals; you will get them if your employees like working for you.
 Have candidates observe the work environment…to see what is working and what isn’t.
 Give candidates the opportunity to interact with current staff and consumers of service.

2. Supervision
 Hold high performance standards with a low tolerance for inadequate performance; stress continuous improvement.
 Each employee should regularly receive at least one hour of private supervision.
 The results of supervisory conferences should be recapped while together. Any assignments and progress against goals and objectives should be identified and memorialized.
 Provide specialized training and development for supervisors.
 Ensure that supervisors carry out their role in a professional manner.

Supervisors should:
o Follow-up on commitments made to supervisees
o Give supervisees honest, constructive feedback about their performance.
o Ensure confidentiality of the supervisory relationship
o Take responsibility for their own errors in judgment or behavior.

3. Respect for Staff
 Listen and respond to staff suggestions; don’t just tell staff what to do.
 When developing new operational procedures give special weight to staff that will be heavily impacted by the change.

4. Staff Training and Development
 Invest in the development and training of staff.
 The development plan for each employee should consider what each staff person wants to achieve personally.

5. Diversity
 Make sure your employees reflect the demographics of the community you serve.
 Recognize that diversity involves more than race, culture and gender factors.
 Use a professional measure to identify employee styles and temperaments.
 Celebrate diversity and use it to strengthen the organization.
 Help staff to understand that true cooperation and team work results when issues can be openly discussed and not seen as personal attacks.

6. Communication
 Regularly survey staff to find out what they are thinking about the organization…positive and negative.
 Follow-up on employee suggest