Forget Employee Retention: Beyond Merely Preserving Your Most Valuable Resource!

          You've obviously heard it many times; "People Are Our Most Valuable Resource". Often times, though, companies that invest heavily in preserving their fixed assets neglect investing in their people--an expensive mistake. The effect is ultimately devastating; it affects not only short-term sales performance, but also service, research and development, and results in tremendous increases in personnel recruitment and training costs. But this shouldn't be an issue of mere employee retention--it should a quest for genuine employee loyalty, and building the same kinds of strong, long-term relationships with employees that companies strive to create with their very best customers! Why has "job hunting" become almost a sport, and people change employers at an alarming rate? How can investments in training be justified given high employee turnover? Which employees should a company try to keep at all cost? What are the factors that can keep your best people loyal to your company in the long run?

          Every organization--large and small--has found itself increasingly dealing with these dilemmas: High employee turnover accounts for the loss of long-time customers, revenues, and precious expertise; it can cause serious harm to a company's long-term competitiveness. This seminar will look at the sources of employee turnover, how different types of companies have dealt with the issue, and what your organization can do to not just retain its employees and attract more top-notch personnel, but truly make those employees loyal in every sense of the word!