HR consultant and Fortune 500 veteran Mary Anne Kennedy gave employers some insight into why employees stick with a company in her BLR webinar "Employee Retention: How to Keep (and Re-Energize) Your Best Workers in a Recovering Economy." She specified 16 qualities that help to retain staff:
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- Good, safe work environment
- Good boss and co-workers
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Meaningful, challenging work
- Having enough time to do quality work
- Recognition
- Freedom to use judgment and initiative
- Being part of a team
- Fairness and consistency
- Clear goals and well-defined tasks
- Deciding how to perform tasks
- Influence and decision-making opportunities
- Adequate resources
- Being able to take pride in their work and the organization
- Sharing ideas and solving problems with co-workers
- Being consulted about a decision that will affect them
While all these qualities are important, Kennedy stressed "Recognition" and "Being consulted about a decision that will affect them" as being key to keeping employees satisfied.
Mary Anne Kennedy is the principal consultant at MAK HR Consulting, LLC, a New Jersey-based human resources advisory firm. She specializes in providing small to medium sized employers with the full spectrum of HR services and programs. She is available by phone at 609-306-6057, by email at info@makhr.com, or through her website www.makhr.com