5 Strategies for Healthy Employee Supervision
In a recent meeting of administrative personnel, an intreging question was raised. "How many of you were supervisors in this same capacity 10 years ago?"
The answer was suprising. Less than 10%.
What does this say about employee retention?
Several decades ago, it was "normal" for an employee to begin on the ground floor of a company and stay until retirement whether they promoted up through the ranks or not.
That level of loyalty is no longer the golden standard of today's society. It is socially acceptable to job hop, to change positions within a company, or join a rival cooperation without public censure.
Heck, its probably more taboo to go from Smashbox makeup to Forever Flawless and back again than it is to change jobs.
I was going to say Maybellene to CoverGirl, but figured you'd peg me for a Wal-Mart kind of girl! We wouldn't want that; now would we?
With loyalty at teh hands of the internet and the next best "Huge Blow Out Sale" or new job at the click of a mouse, what can you do to improve your employment retention, whether your goal is until retirement or 10 years?
5 Strategies for Healthy Employee Supervision.
1. Quality – Supervisors need to provide quality supervision. Set down, face-to-face, with your employees and
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Freedom – Empower your staff to express their opinions and to share their ideas for improvement. This level of freedom does not need to extend to disrespect or calling into question the leader's abilities. It is intended to show your confidence in their intelligence and their understanding of the day-to-day operations that you might not be expected to do any longer. In that 10 years since you dealt with customer's on a daily basis, things have changed. People consume data different. A little over 10 years ago, we didn't have Kindles, tablets, Facebook, Twitter. How you relate to people was completely different than it is now. Call on that younger generation to unchain you from your