Retention and Engagement are Top Business Concerns

According to a research study by “Right Management” 2/3rd or all organizations are not planning to make any cutbacks to staff in 2009 but rather focus their talent management efforts on retaining and engaging there workers. (yes breathe that sigh of relief) When they asked over 700 hr directors if they would be focusing on reducing their workforces or retaining here is what they found:

67% plan to focus efforts on training and engaging their workforce
33% plan to have reductions

While we all have expected more layoffs, what was refreshing is that so many companies are planning to invest in there people. Companies still need to keep key positions filled and to do so they need to develop their employees that they now have so when the current economic downturn changes into a dramatic upturn they are ready to go full steam ahead.

Larson note: If you put something back to your people they will respond in kind with greater levels of achievement. Don’t kid yourself. Everyone, well ok, almost everyone, in your organization knows that things are tough right now. But if they see you making the necessary sacrifices and hard but just decisions that need to be make, for the good of the whole they will come through for you.

Push yourself, push and challenge your employees and/or the people you supervise and great things will happen.


Howard Larson
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*Source: Right Management, www.right.com