"Invest more in employee engagement"

The Business Journal hits a familiar refrain in this 5/29/22 article.  "As 2022 wears on, companies continue to fret about turnover, morale and burnout on their workforces.  And with good reason. Quit rates remain at elevated levels. Competing firms are paying top dollar to lure talent away. Employers continue to have considerable leverage."

In-Tune Teambuilding was created during the pandemic as a tool to reengage employees who were yearning for that human interaction with their workmates.  As producers were throttled for 12, 18, and more than 24 months, priorities began shifting, quickly.  Employees took a new, critical look at the worker/workplace paradigm.  And employers are now scrambling to attract, train, retain and cultivate happy, engaged and productive workers.  

Our teambuilding workshops have now evolved beyond a reengagement experience.  As the marketplace has shifted, our product has become more valuable as a retention tool.  And that is just what the Business Journal article recommends!  

The article continues, recognizing employees' new-found empowerment:  "That's putting businesses on alert to ensure their star employees aren't lured away, and experts say businesses should be on the lookout for red flags that suggest a workers is a turnover threat.

Missing those signs could be very costly at a time when salaries are on the rise and employers are having significant trouble finding and affording talent on the open market.

“Top performers should not be let go that easily because there is a very high cost to replace them. And there is a lot at stake,” said Anita Kanti, a workplace culture and talent acquisition specialist. “If you really understand the cost of replacing an employee and the cost of recruiting you want to really want to be careful about what it will cost the business as far as financial metrics.”

We of course recommend you read the entire article.  And also contact us to discuss our unique teambuilding and employee retention workshop.  But in conclusion: "So what should managers do to keep their teams intact?  Invest more in employee engagement."