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Exorcising Your Ghost Employees

Exorcising Your Ghost Employees

The effects of the labor crisis are still unfolding and new challenges for leaders are emerging every day. Employees turning to ghosts has been on the rise lately. A ghost hire is when you interview a candidate, offer them the job and they accept — and then you never hear from them again! They...

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How to Prepare for Performance Management Reviews

How to Prepare for Performance Management Reviews

For a number of my executive coaching clients, it’s the time of year when they’re wrapping up annual performance review conversations. As is usually the case, some of those are easy and fun, and others are hard and stress-inducing. Whether they’re part of an annual cycle or, much more usefully, a...

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Strategies Businesses Can Use to Retain Employees

Strategies Businesses Can Use to Retain Employees

Competitive compensation, professional development opportunities and flexible schedules are some of the tactics businesses can use to keep their employees. High employee turnover, with the associated drop in productivity and added expense of replacing workers, can hurt a business of any size....

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Do Retention Bonuses Pay Off?

Do Retention Bonuses Pay Off?

The use of retention bonuses — cash payments offered to employees as an incentive to stay on the job through a specified date or upon achievement of a specific milestone — is at an “all-time high,” with almost 60% of organizations making the investment, according to a recent study by World at...

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