After reading the “Eight Effective Retention Strategies” I feel like number six would work the best for Harper and her situation. Number six is “Don’t overburden Employees” which is about not working your employee to a breaking point where they are treat unfair. In the case Harper was working more than ever and that was what lead to her wanting to leave the company.
What do you think is the most demotivating part of Harper’s job?
Well, it all starts with Harper last boss leaving which she had a great relationship with, then on top of that her job has become more since she had to take more responsibility because she has to do more work since some of the thing her previous boss did, she had to do now. Therefore, she became stressed because she couldn’t handle the her personal and work life. She understood her new boss had a lot on his plate too, but she felt unappreciated.
If you were an HR manager meeting with Harper’s supervisor, David, what advice would you give to help them re-engage Harper?
If I was in a HR manager meeting with Harper’s supervisor, David, I would advise him to dedicate more time and help Harper more since she had taken more responsibilities and had more work than ever now.
What would be the downside of losing Harper as an employee?
One downside about losing Harper as an employee is that she is an experience employee since she has been working that role come out of college, so losing someone that has some much time working that role would slow down the team if the person replacing her is not as experience with the role.
Hi Justin.
One of the things that we learned in this chapter is that employees are no longer staying at the same place of employment for their entire careers and that “..it is the responsibility of management to understand what employees find valuable, find ways to represent those assets alongside glimpses and plans for their individual career advancement at the organization over time..” in order to avoid turnover. The fact that Harper has stayed with the company for four years even after completing her college education, at which point she could have chosen to move on, is something that David needs to take notice of. David needs to step and do his job as a manager and make sure that his employees feel valued and appreciate or Harper may not be the only team player leaving the organization.