Since partnering with The Table Group in 2008, he has worked with leaders to positively impact their organizations in both their bottom-line results and their organizational culture. Her methods result in improved employee retention, productivity, and a strong sense of belonging at work. MORE

There are two issues I think recruiters, and other HR professionals, need to understand in order to get to grips with this more important objective / metric. Perhaps less intuitively, iCIMS are also seeing positive impacts on their client’s engagement scores and retention rates as well. MORE

For Reneé Maxwell, employee retention, successful training and development, and internal promotability stand out as key signifiers of employee engagement. When you get into the details of it, for us employee engagement is a reflection of retention, promotability, and advancement. Happy workers are great and you have lower turnover, but what are we doing with it? Year over year for the past five years we’ve had about 8% turnover. MORE

According to Google Trends, the search term “people analytics” was almost nonexistent until about 2008. It’s the use of people-related data, from a range of sources, to guide strategic decision-making throughout an organization. The progression looks like this: Data collection; people analytics; data-driven decision-making; improvement in employee hiring, development, and engagement; improved workforce productivity; return on investment; competitive advantage. MORE

Recently, the Department of Labor reported that turnover is now at its highest level since 2008. Because a lot of executives don’t realize the tremendous cost of turnover: (e.g. Without data to understand problem areas and plan ahead, it’s no wonder retention efforts are failing. MORE

Talent management touches on all key HR areas, from hiring to onboarding and from performance management to retention. When we talk about specific and measurable goals, we are talking about talent management metrics. These metrics enable us to keep track of what we’re doing. A good example is unwanted turnover. This can be achieved through better branding, better retention, better selection, et cetera. Employee Engagement/Experience/Retention. MORE

When Lisa Bettinger Buckingham took the HR reigns at Lincoln Financial Group in December 2008, the financial-services industry was struggling to survive a global economic crisis that many economists today believe brought the world to the brink of a second Great Depression. At Lincoln Financial, four measures comprise its “engagement index”—passion, effort, advocacy and retention. Lincoln employs a number of avenues for gathering culture-related data. MORE

The Department of Labor reports that employee turnover is now at its highest level since 2008. However, it’s a fact that most corporations spend more time on product inventory turnover than they do on employee turnover, even though employee turnover often has a much higher impact. MORE