Retention Strategies to Address High Attrition and Indicators of Low Workplace Morale

Reduce Operating Expenses and Increase Productivity Through HR Retention Strategies

D&I issue

Perhaps your organization is confronting a situation similar to one of these:

Your organization is experiencing high turnover / attrition rate generally or in some parts of your employee population?
You suspect a connection between low retention and low employee survey results?
Do you need to calculate the full cost of your employee attrition rate?
Have you been asked to find and fix the root causes of low morale and a high attrition rate among your best performers?

High turnover or attrition and low employee morale in all or part of an organization are two major indicators of an ineffectual work environment. Related workplace indicators that may exist in such a situation include:

Conflict
Many complaints
Low employee survey results
Diversity and inclusion objectives being unrecognized or going unmet.

These factors can reinforce or drive each other - a problem with one can create or exacerbate problems in all others.

There are many possible root causes stemming from uncertain business conditions, the work environment, and external factors. In such an environment, employees focus more on their career choices, sense of well being, and personal safety. Work output and productivity drop. Business suffers.

Ultimately this can send a company's profits into a downward spiral.

D&I solution

How to correct employee turnover? Calculating the full cost of employee attrition is the easy part. Frequently, though, these types of issues can be addressed more readily and quickly than is commonly assumed with effective HR retention strategies.

Root causes typically exist in the work environment, people processes (e.g. performance management) definition or implementation, communications, and supervisors’ managerial effectiveness. Lack of inclusion is a factor when only part of the organization sees and feels these issues at the same time that “everything is fine” to other groups.

MDB Group addresses these issues using your existing data and customized climate assessments. Depending upon need, the assessments might range from simple interviews to extensive focus groups or surveys.

Getting and using employee input on the issues and potential solutions is central to our approach. We focus on getting some visible results quickly while simultaneously addressing longer-term needs, and on effective communications.

Sample D&I results

See representative results achieved by MDB Group's principals at Retention, Turnover, Morale.

Next steps

Please call us so that together we can start improving morale and retention at your company.

Your business success is our most important objective

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Add-ons	Solutions to morale and turnover frequently can be implemented as extensions of an existing diversity strategy.
Conflict resolution	Workplace conflict may be contributing to low morale and to people leaving in search of a better work environment.
Reputation of your company	Discontented employees are more likely to speak about and represent your company negatively.
Workplace assessments	Assessments of the current work environment help determine the appropriate plan and measure progress.