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Extended Seminar Outline

Employee Retention Strategies

• Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of Your Organization’s Current Retention Strategy
• Calculate the Costs of Losing Talented Employees
• Understand the Consequences of Employee Turnover
• Recognize the Benefits of Creating a Culture of Retention
• Communicate to Organizational Executives the Urgency and Importance of an Effective Retention Strategy
• Explore the Reasons Why Talented Employees Join, Stay, and Leave the Organization
• Examine a Retention Model That Differentiates Employee Turnover, Retention, and Engagement
• Discover the New Wisdom Applied to Developing a High Retention Organization
• Explore Retention Issues in the Three Key Areas of Job, Leader, and Organization
• Create "Employee Engagement" in Ways That Build Loyalty

• Recognize the Trends That Indicate a Looming "Retention Crisis"
• Calculate the Cost of Employee Turnover in Your Organization
• Distinguish the Key Differences Between the Reasons People Join Organizations and the Reasons People Leave
• Develop a Plan for Communicating the Urgent Need for Retention to the Leaders of Your Organization
• Examine the Long-Term Benefits of Retaining Top Talent
• Discover the Risks and Opportunities That Contribute to the "Zone of Retention"

• Set a Goal for Reducing Turnover and Enlist Your Organizational Leadership in Achieving That Goal
• Identify and Address the Organizational Issues That Contribute to Turnover in Your Organization
• Benchmark Best Practices for Addressing the Job Issues That Contribute to Turnover
• Examine How to Strengthen Your Existing Leadership Initiatives Toward Improved Retention
• Recognize the Competencies Leaders Must Demonstrate to Retain Talent

• Identify the Barriers That Prevent an Organization from Achieving High Retention and Engagement
• Consider Goals for Increasing Engagement in the Organization and Enlist Your Leadership in Achieving That Goal
• Examine the Ten Leadership Competencies That Contribute to Retention and Engagement
• Determine How to Incorporate Leadership Retention-Engagement Competencies as Part of a Leadership Initiative
• Educate and Involve Team Members in Organizational Retention Strategies
• Practice Engaging in a Peer-to-Peer Retention Conversation

• Review the Retention Roadmap
• Integrate the Communication Plan Messages You Have Been Developing
• Develop a Retention-Engagement Plan and Communicate It in a Way That Motivates Your Organizational Leadership to Support It