Innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategies to Increase Employee Engagement

Overview:
Employee engagement is more than a 21st Century buzzword - it is a real issue for today's employers. There are many factors for considering the business case for employee engagement. With the continuing retirement of one of the largest generations - the Baby Boomers - there is a tremendous risk of brain drain from organizations. And, successor generations have alternative views of work and different expectations of employers. This webinar will help employers, business owners and HR executives prepare for the talent shortages created by Baby Boomer retirements, while simultaneously creating a work environment to inspire new leaders to replace those retiring. Tips for creating a succession plan will also be discussed.

The webinar will also provide examples of "symptoms" of disengagement and strategies for transforming disengagement into engagement. The key ingredients of job satisfaction will be discussed. Case studies of organizations who have successfully reduced turnover through successful engagement strategies will be discussed.

Why should you attend: Baby boomer retirements and high turnover are challenges to organizations because of the high costs of turnover, training and risk of losing customers or clients. Therefore, it makes sense to look at offsetting these direct and indirect costs through enhanced engagement strategies. By learning how to create a work environment that inspires employees to achieve optimum productivity, organizations can soar to success.

Areas Covered in the Session:
Employee Engagement - What's the Big Deal?
Financial, economic and strategic factors that affect employee engagement
The direct and indirect costs of employee turnover
Preparing for the "talent shortage" by identifying turnover metrics and developing a succession plan
Creating a work environment to inspire employees
Understanding today's workforce
Getting buy-in to organizational goals
Overcoming management mistrust
Understanding the drivers of employee motivation, loyalty and engagement
Identifying symptoms of disengagement and developing strategies to overcome them
Assessing morale
Planning and implementing a succession management process
Relationships of training and development and engagement

Who Will Benefit:
Human Resources Professionals
HR Directors
HR Managers
HR Specialists and Generalists
Department or Line Managers with significant responsibility

Instructor:
Gayla R. Sherry is President of Gayla R. Sherry Associates, Inc., an Oklahoma-based consulting firm established in 1995; the firm's mission is to improve employee engagement and productivity by providing human resources services. The firm has conducted many engagements with a wide range of clients, including financial services, health care, government, higher education, public, private and nonprofit organizations. Projects include HR Audits, developing policies, procedures, handbooks, job descriptions, Affirmative Action plans, management training, employee relations, mediating conflict, conducting internal investigations and succession planning.