The average rate of turnover among all companies in the US sits at 57.3% (Bureau of Labor Statistics) and 89% of HR leaders agree that ongoing peer feedback and check-ins are key for successful outcomes and highly engaged teams show 21% greater profitability (Forbes). 

 

How do we ensure that we not only hire the right people, but effectively establish employee engagement, leading to employee retention? 

 

Join the Get Hired Up Podcast to hear Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Fit First Technology, Tim Brennan, and me discuss employee retention, engagement, and how AI and human analytics are reshaping organizational performance.  

 

Tim Brennan has a 25+ year career in business, management, and human resources. His business helps companies select the best fit with their Job Fit model and advanced hiring tools that incorporate behavioral research, AI, and human analytics.

   

 

 

According to Tim:  

  

“There's nothing you can do today, that is going to change yesterday's numbers. And the engagement is all about doing things really well over a long period of time.  

  

I saw trends for years, where everybody was doing exit interviews. So, if somebody is leaving the company, let's go and sit down and let's interview the person that we put in the inappropriate job, didn't give them the right training and the right support and ask them what we need to do differently...  

  

And now I'm happy to say I see it happening more and more...organizations have finally embraced what I call retention interviews. A retention interview is when you sit down with someone who's been there with you for a year or two. And you say, ‘you've been working with us now for over a year, you know what we do well, you know what we don’t do well. And every Monday morning, you still show up for work. Why?’  

  

That retention interview will tell you so much more about what it takes in your organization to keep the right people.”  

 

Additionally, hear the #1 challenge that Tim faced in learning to retire.   

  

Join the full conversation here.

 

May in Canada is an exciting month. It's when we finally see more warmth, sunshine, and plants in full bloom. It is also the birthday month for our very own Maddison Shears (our Digital Marketing Manager)! For her 30th birthday, her partner took her to one of their favorite restaurants in Toronto, Ascari. May is also recognized as the national month for golf, photography, and reading. Which one have you embraced this May?

 

 

PPS. We continue to receive questions from this tiny community and will share the Q&As soon. Do you have a question? I will respond personally with a thoughtful answer. Let me know! 

 

Thank you for sharing your day with me, and have a wonderful week ahead!

 

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Maureen is a performance optimization coach and personal branding strategist for next-level executives and board nominees.

 

Westgate Executive Branding and Career Consulting Inc. would like to acknowledge that we are located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We are all Treaty people.