Retaining Your Employees (1st Edition), Instructor Edition

Retaining Your Employees (1st Edition)

Course Specifications

Course Number: CCT–027_rev4.0

Course Length: Self-study or classroom training

Course Description

The 50-Minute Manager Series was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. Our easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format can be used for self-study or classroom training, or even office training. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the 50-Minute books keep you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

Companies of all sizes are finding an urgent new priority--keeping employees. This book takes the reader through the critical ideas of employee retention using what is called the Three Rs of Employee Retention--Respect, Recognition, and Rewards--as the basis for any program designed to keep people around.

Course Objective: The learning objectives for Retaining Your Employees are listed below. They have been developed to guide you, the reader, to the core issues covered in this book.

The Objectives of this book are:

  • To communicate the importance of keeping employees—and keeping them satisfied
  • To introduce “the three Rs” of employee retention—respect, recognition, and rewards—and explain what each entails
  • To convey why respect is essential to keeping employees
  • To provide tools for readers to assess current efforts
  • To empower the reader to immediately begin improving the workplace

Course Content

Part 1: Keeping Employees--and Keeping Them Satisfied

The Importance of Retaining Employees
Finding and Keeping Employees: The Challenges
The Three Rs of Employee Retention

Part 2: Respect

The Essential Ingredient of a Hard-to-Leave Workplace
Rule 1: Be Considerate
Rule 2: Care About Employees as Individuals, Appreciating Their Unique Strengths
Rule 3: Always Be Fair
Rule 4: Trust Your Employees
Rule 5: Be Worthy of Trust
Rule 6: Involve Employees
Rule 7: Make the Workplace Pleasant and Safe
Summary: Reviewing the Rules of Respect

Part 3: Recognition

Redefining Recognition
Acknowledging Employees
Formal Acknowledgment
Feedback Matters!
Fostering Communication
Acknowledging Workplace Transitions
Enabling Professional Growth
Evaluating Performance
Summary: Recognition: Mastering the Basics

Part 4: Rewards

Types of Rewards
Fostering Retention Through Quality-of-Life Rewards
Enriching the Workplace
Creating a Fun Workplace
Celebrating in the Workplace
About Compensation
Summary: Recognizing the Right Type of Reward

Part 5: You Can Make a Great Place to Work!

You Are the Key
Getting Started Means Getting Feedback
Making Your Game Plan