{"id":23145,"date":"2019-07-25T05:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=23145"},"modified":"2019-07-25T05:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:51:25","slug":"employee-skill-development-sparks-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2019\/07\/25\/employee-skill-development-sparks-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Skill Development Sparks Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23149\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/?attachment_id=23149\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23149\" src=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/iStock-human-agenda_4-30-19-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work-life concepts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Loyalty. Workplace.\u00a0 Retention.<\/p>\n<p>Placing these three words side by side takes so much more than financial incentives and perks. More and more employees are jumping ship in favor of rewarding positions. Surprisingly, some are even accepting pay cuts in exchange for a job that offers personal fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>High employee turnover exhausts not just time and money.\u00a0 It causes a serious dent on employee morale, as well. The good reputation that you\u2019ve painstakingly built for the past couple of years could be tarnished only because people think your organization is a horrible place to work for. This is the hidden cost when retention heads south.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s an incessant replacement exercise for HR departments.\u00a0So you ask:\u00a0 What can I do to plug the exits and prevent them from leaving?<\/p>\n<p>We at TIGERS\u00ae believe that the better questions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What must we do to make them want to stay?<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What strategy(ies) must our organization adopt to stay <\/em><em>on top of our employee retention strategy?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you know exactly what\u2019s causing high employee turnover and poor turnover in your organization?<\/p>\n<p>Employees join and decide to leave for many reasons \u2013 relocation, retirement, further education. \u00a0But if their reasons have anything to do with unhappiness at work or if you find that HR has to keep firing employees who underperform, then looking into employee skill development is worth pursuing.<\/p>\n<h4>Causes of employee turnover and poor retention.<\/h4>\n<p>Through the years, <a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/tigers-micro-training-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TIGERS\u00ae Micro-training courses<\/a> have yielded these major reasons for high employee turnover:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>EMPLOYEES ARE NEITHER GIVEN FEEDBACK NOR RECOGNITION.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Giving feedback isn\u2019t exactly a task managers relish.\u00a0 But avoiding it altogether is akin to pushing your employees out the door.\u00a0 Ensuring that your employees succeed entails honest timely feedback. \u00a0And, feedback isn\u2019t necessarily negative. It can be positive, too.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>EMPLOYEES ARE MICROMANAGED UNNECESSARILY.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When you micromanage, you take away one of the most important aspects of employee satisfaction and productivity \u2013 DECISION MAKING.\u00a0It\u2019s saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t do this.\u00a0 You need me!\u201d It also means, \u201cI don\u2019t trust you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And this is counterproductive on so many levels.\u00a0 Micromanaging snuffs out the opportunity to be innovative and creative. It\u2019s this frustration, the feeling of having their hands tied behind their backs, that contributes to poor retention.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>THERE ISN\u2019T ROOM FOR GROWTH NOR PROGRESSION.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If an employee is trapped in what feels to be a dead-end position, they will definitely look to other companies for opportunities to improve their skills, income, or even both.\u00a0Whenever these instances arise, we at TIGERS\u00ae Success Series observed that what was needed is a shift in leadership attitude.\u00a0But not just any SHIFT in attitude.Employees needed to build skills that improve workforce behavior and make your organization a great place to work.<\/p>\n<h4>The power that micro-training has on retention.<\/h4>\n<p>TIGERS\u00ae Micro-Training is designed to reduce conflict AND improve skills that contribute to high performance work team outcomes &#8212; all while working towards the goals of improving trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk resolution, and job success.\u00a0 We strive to make micro-training a breeze.\u00a0 None of those all-day training affairs that leaves everyone in a frustrated stupor.\u00a0 No scheduling conflicts, no backlog to keep up with.\u00a0 And for your managers, this means no overtime pay for their employees to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Desired workforce behaviour skill development is better developed when information is divided into chunks. This is training so focused it takes under 15 minutes to learn.\u00a0 It\u2019s practical. Something that can immediately used on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Once self-assessments and assignments are completed, game incentives are offered.\u00a0 Managers are also welcome to pop in to check on employee participation and progress.<\/p>\n<h4>How is TIGERS\u00ae Micro-training delivered?<\/h4>\n<p>TIGERS\u00ae behavior skills micro-training development highlights the TIGERS\u00ae 6 Principles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trust &#8211; explore behaviors and studies that improve trust in relationships, between employees and with your customers.<\/li>\n<li>Interdependence &#8211; learn skills that build workforce cooperation, tear down silos and focus on employee strengths and abilities.<\/li>\n<li>Genuineness &#8211; learn skills for becoming respectfully sincere, frank and forthright. This includes giving and receiving feedback.<\/li>\n<li>Empathy &#8211; learn the skills needed to resolve conflict while striving to understand one another whether you agree or not.<\/li>\n<li>Risk Resolution &#8211; learn important decision making and problem solving skills and practices that transform your organization into a learning organization.<\/li>\n<li>Success &#8211; learn success skills while balancing goal achievement with the employee satisfaction of getting the job done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Micro-training segments that take less than 15 minutes to complete are the most effective means to transform employees into effective learners.\u00a0And training is conducted at your employees\u2019 convenience.\u00a0 Links to the training room are sent via email.\u00a0 Training can be accessed by any device.\u00a0 TIGERS\u00ae Micro-training consists of 52 lessons in 12 monthly segments of four trainings each.<\/p>\n<p>Each training is based on one of the TIGERS\u00ae six principles selected.<\/p>\n<h4>How do we use TIGERS\u00ae Micro-Training to spark retention?<\/h4>\n<p>TIGERS\u00ae offers a training platform that gets everyone on the same page and headed in the same direction.\u00a0 This means that everyone receives the same engaging material.<\/p>\n<p>Learning is NOT disjointed because it\u2019s the same information, the same sources, presented in one consistent way.<\/p>\n<p>TIGERS\u00ae breaks instruction into easy-to-digest portions.\u00a0 Lessons are personalized \u2013 which makes for an effective e-learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>Face-to-face meetings with managers, of course, are still conducted as needed.\u00a0 In fact, we highly recommend such meetings in tandem with weekly updates.<\/p>\n<p>The result?\u00a0 Tangible behavioral shifts. Less conflict.\u00a0 Less disengagement.\u00a0 Improved productivity. And yes, a higher retention rate.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, employee skill development and retention share a directly proportional relationship.\u00a0 Long-term commitment requires effort.<\/p>\n<p>Robust organizations consider employees to be their most important asset.\u00a0\u00a0 Once your employees feel that they are valued, there will be little reason for them to leave. Your retention of talented employees soars.<\/p>\n<h4>Care to learn more about retention?<\/h4>\n<p>Retention and the importance of employee skill development and explained more with these helpful articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/effective-strategy-successful-onboarding-dianne-crampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effective strategy for successful onboarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/genuineness\/how-giving-receiving-genuine-feedback-impacts-your-bottom-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How giving and receiving genuine feedback impacts your bottom line<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ekaterinawalter\/2013\/11\/19\/how-to-foster-employee-trust-and-growth-through-constructive-feedback\/#2dc8bf7b1e13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to foster employee trust and growth through constructive feedback\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.buffer.com\/how-to-give-receive-feedback-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to give and receive feedback at work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2012\/11\/five-ways-to-retain-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Five ways to retain employees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/training-methods-maximize-employee-productivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Training methods that maximize employee productivity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Copyright TIGERS Success Series Inc. by Dianne Crampton<\/p>\n<h4>About TIGERS Success Series, Inc.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/home-2\/attachment\/revised-circle\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21119\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21119 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/revised-circle.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/revised-circle.jpg 791w, https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/revised-circle-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/revised-circle-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/revised-circle-510x313.jpg 510w\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a>TIGERS\u00ae Success Series provides a comprehensive, multi-pronged and robust system for improving both your work environment, profitability and project management team leadership success.<\/p>\n<p>We specialize in training your managers in group leadership skills that build workforce cooperation and high performance project team outcomes . Scaled to grow as your organization and leadership performance grows, our proprietary\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigerssuccessseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TIGERS Workforce<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigerssuccessseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Behavior Profile<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/tigers-micro-training-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Micro-Training technology\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>that compliments your TIGERS Workforce Behavioral Profile results for high performance change management results<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/tigers-team-wheel-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Management and Project Team Leadership\u00a0 training workshops,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and elite consultant\/project manager licensing is based on the TIGERS 6 Principles(TM) that our extensive research found to be the high performance mix to make this happen.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.timetrade.com\/book\/N8PSQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schedule a consultation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loyalty. Workplace.\u00a0 Retention. Placing these three words side by side takes so much more than financial incentives and perks. More and more employees are jumping ship in favor of rewarding positions. Surprisingly, some are even accepting pay cuts in exchange for a job that offers personal fulfillment. High employee turnover exhausts not just time and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[775],"tags":[523,903],"class_list":["post-23145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employee-retention","tag-employee-retention","tag-tigers-micro-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}