Thursday, July 21, 2005

Employee retention - 7 hidden reasons

An article on 7 hidden reasons for employee disengagement. This is an executive summary of the book published by the author, Leigh Branham.

The 7 reasons portrayed by him in the book are

  1. Job/workplace was not as expected
  2. Person job mismatch
  3. Feedback and coaching issues
  4. Growth opportunities issues
  5. Recognition and undervalutation
  6. Stress overwork and work life imbalance
  7. Loss of trust in leadership
The reasons are not uncommon to the HR fraternity from the broader perspective. The compnesation factor is coming under the recognition and undervalution , though not mentioned as compensation

Engagment remains an inevitable factor to keep the retention strategies woking for us.