Employee Engagement

    The Great Resignation: Tips to Lower Employee Attrition
    Steve Wilson
    In working with a wide range of clients to address challenges brought on by the pandemic, I've started to notice a pattern. People are leaving their jobs, and this seems to be the case in multiple industries. It's not just entry-level or intermediate professionals that are leaving. This pattern seems to be holding true across the board, touching even high-level roles. On one end, entry-level employees are resigning in search...
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    5 HR Trends to Monitor in 2022
    Fallon Carpenter
    Human resources (HR) departments are given more responsibility each year, often with budgets that don’t match these changes. As a result, HR teams must constantly innovate and stay on top of trends to remain competitive in today’s labor market.This article highlights five HR trends for employers to follow in 2022....
    Onboarding
    Fallon Carpenter
    According to the Society for Human Resource Management, “Onboarding is the process by which new hires get adjusted to the social and performance aspects of their jobs quickly and smoothly, and learn the attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviors required to function effectively within an organization.” Onboarding takes training and orientation...
    5 Hybrid Work Model Mistakes to Avoid
    Fallon Carpenter
    The COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to adapt and test their operational capacities. One of the most common pivots has been remote work. Now that workplaces are reopening, a significant number of employees want to retain their remote status. In fact, 58% of workers said they want a fully remote position,...
    Keeping Your Temporary Workers Happy and Engaged
    Katie Evans-Reber
    Working with temporary workers may be a great advantage to your business — from helping out with a variety of tasks during seasonal spikes, to promoting your business through word-of-mouth if they enjoyed working with your company. Temporary workers may even consider applying for your full-time roles, reducing the time...
    One Size Does Not Fit All When Recruiting and Retaining Millennials
    Katie Evans-Reber
    It’s no secret that today’s employment scene is a sellers’ market, with more than 9 million jobs unfilled– the Great Resignation remains in full effect. A June 2021 survey of workers conducted by Yahoo! Finance and Harris Poll found that nearly half of Millennials were thinking of leaving their jobs....
    10 DEI Questions Your Company Should Ponder
    William Cooper
    Being a diverse and inclusive organization is so important in today’s day and age. Sentinel, like so many others, has recently taken a more intentional, proactive and hopefully impactful approach to our DEI efforts. We understand that this is an ongoing journey and while we have a lot of work...
    Combat Unconscious Bias With Curiosity and Empathy
    Pamela Fuller
    In the first article in this series, I discussed the nature of bias and identified how bias can have a negative effect in the workplace. I asked you to consider what you value, where it came from, and how your values align with the values of the people around you. You might...
    For Greater Innovation And Engagement, First Nurture Top-Leadership Excellence
    Kristy McCann Flynn
    Employee disengagement under poor business leadership in the United States is estimated to cost $450 to $550 billion annually in lost productivity. A huge amount of money by anyone’s standards. And it doesn’t even take into account the impact on the uncounted millions of employees who have become casualties of poor...
    3 Critical Steps For Companies That Want To Move The Needle On Diversity
    Pamela Fuller
    With a national dialogue swirling around equity and inclusion, the data show that corporate America is still struggling with the basics of diversity and representation. According to a recently published McKinsey report, only 15 percent of the executive teams they surveyed in the United States and the United Kingdom had female...
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