7 Powerful Questions to Improve Employee Retention

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The days of someone working at a job their whole life and retiring with that same company are behind us. Fortunately, there are some things still within our control that we can leverage to motivate employees to stay longer at our companies.
This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about 7 powerful questions to improve employee retention!

In this episode, Brian talks about the importance of focusing on retention early and often and not just waiting until your employees are one foot out the door

The 7 questions Brian covers in this episode include:

1. Ask new hires: What can I do to make you want to stay with our company?
2. Ask new hires: What is important to you about the onboarding experience?
3. Ask new hires: How can we improve the hiring and onboarding process?
4. Ask employees: What can I do for you to be able to do your best work?
5. Ask employees: Is this job what you envisioned when you were interviewed?
6. Ask employees: What does your ideal career ladder look like?
7. Ask yourself: How has this employee added value to the organization?
   1. Bonus Ask Yourself: How can I make the people who go above and beyond feel acknowledged?

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