Think Of Ways To Keep Employees Excited About Their Work

Everyone is concerned about good employees leaving their company and there is all the buzz and activity around talent development and talent acquisition. So why do so many companies throw money away towards employees thinking they will stay. Here are a few ways to keep employees excited and hopefully stay in your organization.

1. Make sure employees have a voice in your company - don't provide them with lip service but a clear avenue to voice their concerns and you will see productivity increase.
2. Clear all the unnecessary roadblocks - don't weight employees down with a lot of bureaucratic BS and multiple avenue to go through to get something done. It creates frustration, time, and money and they will leave if you continue to frustrate them.
3. Get rid of the bad bosses - one thing that drives out employees even more that not having a good on-boarding program is a bad boss. Make sure your managers and supervisors are rated based on turnover, employee 360 feedback to ensure that you have the right people in the right managerial places.
4. Free up some money - don't continue to hie behind the austerity thing, good employees can be compensated in a multitude of ways that won't beat the bank.
5. Make employees futures real - grow your good employees in ways that they want, ask them don't just guess your way through.
6. Make sure they fee invested - do focus groups, 1-on-1 with the CEO, provide them with visibility.
7. Survey your employees - you should do this formally every 3 years and informally every year. It is worth the money and if you use online tools like SurveyMonkey it does not cost much at all.

I hope that these few tidbits hit home and you are practicing these in your organization. I know I did in mine and they worked, but we did not do them all at the same time.