There seems to be a secret that only HR knows…managers drive who quits and who stays. We know this because we hear the complaints, do the exit surveys, and fill the same jobs over and over for the poorest-performing managers.
So the solution for solving turnover problems must not only engage the employee but also the manager. The solution: Stay Interviews.
Join us on our next webinar with special guest Dick Finnegan the author of SHRM’s top-selling book in history, the Power of Stay Interviews for Engagement and Retention, as we share effective strategies for Stay Interview Success. In this webinar Dick will share how to use turnover accountability to help your managers conduct more effective Stay Interviews and turn them into retention rockstars.
Learn key ways to help your managers improve retention including:
1. How to calculate and understand the true cost of turnover ( Nothing grabs c-suite attention like bottom-line dollars)
2. The key areas managers need focus on for more effective Stay Interviews
3. Helping managers drive retention success by asking, probing, and building the right stay plans
4. How to help managers set effective retention goals with turnover forecasting
To learn more about Stay Interviews visit http://hrsoft.com
1. How to Turn Managers Into
Retention Rockstars
TalentTakeaways
webinar & podcast series
2. AGENDA
Brian Sharp
Chief Marketing Officer , HRsoft
Dick Finnegan
CEO, C-Suite Analytics
Author, The Power of Stay Interviews
Our Presenters
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
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Retention Rockstar Roadmap
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
1. How to calculate & understand the
true cost of turnover
2. Key areas of focus for effective Stay
Interviews
3. Driving retention success with better
skills and stay plans
4. Set effective retention goals using
turnover forecasting
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Retention Results Workflow
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
“Finnegan offers fresh thinking for solving the turnover problem in any economy.”
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Turnover Costs & the C-Suite
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
1. Turnover percentages don’t show value
2. Convert mindset to dollars: adds urgency & action
3. Right Action: retention goals for managers
11. AGENDA
Calculating True Turnover Costs
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
TURNOVER COSTS =
Cost Per Hire + LOST PRODUCTIVITY
(Not __% of Annual Pay)
Actual client turnover costs by job:
Physician…$225,808
Software engineer….$131,000
Call center representative…$29,447
Truck loader/unloader…$4,955
12. AGENDA
Managers Drive Retention
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
A global consulting firm interviewed 1,000
recently-quit employees and found
supervisor relationships influenced all
other opinions, concluding…
“Offering a higher salary or
developmental/advancement
opportunity may not be enough to
retain employees”
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Turnover Costs & the C-Suite
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
Short Term
Use cost dollar values to get executives’ attention
Resulting Step
Set retention goals with managers
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Retention Results Start with Trust
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
The Driver
2/3 of score is based upon how much you trust your boss
The Statistic
366% more shareholder value
The Lesson
Getting employees to trust supervisors
generates more profits
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Poll Question
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
What percent of your managers are able to
build trust with their teams?
a. 20%
b. 50%
c. 70%
d. 100%
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The Manager Mindset
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
HR is product development. Managers are sales people.
Managers “own” retention for their teams
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Stay Interview Definition
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
Stay Interviews are 1-1 meetings
between leaders and their
newly-hired and continuing
employees to improve
engagement & retention.
Train all leaders from executives to first-line supervisors to…
Build trust
Conduct Stay Interviews
Develop stay plans
Forecast each employee’s individual retention
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4 Core Stay Interview Skills
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
1. Listen
2. Take Notes
3. Probe
4. Support Company
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Overcoming Stay Interview Objections
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
1. Our managers are way too busy to meet with employees one-on-one. They
don’t have time.
2. We don’t want to hear about things we can’t fix. Everyone will want a raise.
3. If we’re going to do stay interviews, shouldn’t HR do them instead of
managers?
4. Do you really think employees are going to look their supervisors in the eye
and tell them what they want? What if they don’t trust them?
5. This just doesn’t seem like a fit with our culture.
23. AGENDA
Stay Interview Questions
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
When you travel to work each day,
what things do you look forward to?
PROBING QUESTIONS
What do you like most about working here?
What parts are the most challenging?
What do you like least about working here?
#1
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Stay Interview Questions
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
#2 What are you learning here?
PROBING QUESTIONS
Is there anything else you’d like to be
learning here but are not?
How do you learn best? By doing?
By observing? By attending training?
Do you feel like you can advance
your career here if you want to?
25. AGENDA
Stay Interview Questions
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
#3 Why do you stay here?
PROBING QUESTIONS
Is that the only reason?
How much does the type of work you
do impact your decision to stay?
How much do you stay because you
like working with our customers?
Our team?
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Stay Interview Questions
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
#4 When was the last time you thought about
leaving our team? What prompted it?
PROBING QUESTIONS
Does this still concern you?
On a scale from one to ten with ten
being “I’m staying for the foreseeable
future” and one being, “I’m leaving
ASAP,” how would you rate your
intention to leave?
What’s the single most meaningful
action I could take to address this issue?
27. AGENDA
Stay Interview Questions
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
#5 What can I do to make your
experience at work better for you?
PROBING QUESTIONS
What should I do more of? Less of? What
do I do that frustrates you?
Is there anything I do that strikes you as
particularly unfair or unreasonable?
Do you feel like I truly hear your concerns
when you have them?
28. AGENDA
Poll Question
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
Which of the following do employees ask
for most often during Stay Interviews?
a. Better work processes so they can achieve more work
b. Career coaching & promotion
c. Significant pay increases
d. Better employee benefits
(especially vision care)
29. AGENDA
5 Keys of Successful Stay Plans
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
1. The objective for each initiative (no more than 3)
2. Actions you as the manager will take
3. Ideally, actions the employee will take
4. Dates for each, and in some cases
multiple dates for multiple activities
5. Everything put in writing with copies
given to you and the employee
34. Leader:
Rodriguez
Perf
Rating/ 5
Hi, 1 Lo
Green
1+ yrs
Yellow 6-12
Months
Red 0-6
Months
Retention Plan
Kim
Johnson
4 Provide mentor
for…
Burt
Brown
5 Develop skills for
possible
promotion to…
Cindy
Stone
3 Pleased with
current role &
circumstance
Ralph
Jimenez
2 Coaching for
performance
AGENDA
Retention Heat Map
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
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Retention Results Workflow
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
“Finnegan offers fresh thinking for solving the turnover problem in any economy.”
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Talent Takeaways
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
Main reason people leave: their boss.
Simple most important manager skill: trust.
Retention = Goals + Tools
And tools become processes
38. STAYview™
High Impact Stay Interview System™
20% Retention Improvement Guaranteed!
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
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Retention Resources
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
answer questions
share resources
offer solutions
Strategy Session
41. How to Turn Managers Into
Retention Rockstars
TalentTakeaways
webinar & podcast series
42. AGENDA
Presented By
Dick Finnegan
Chief Executive Officer
DFinnegan@C-SuiteAnalytics.com
pub/dick-finnegan/6/874/a71
@dick_finnegan
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
43. AGENDA
Presented By
Brian Sharp
Chief Marketing Officer
Brian.Sharp@HRsoft.com
/in/bsharponline
@bsharponline | @hrsoft_inc
How to Turn Managers Into Retention Rockstars
Editor's Notes
It seems to be a secret only HR knows
Know this because HR hears the complaints, does the exit interviews & keeps filling the same jobs for the poorest-performing managers
We often talk about the importance of engagement for employees
But what most programs are missing (and why they don’t work) is they are not engaging the managers!
That’s why stay interviews work
As a result, there is a sort of retention revolution going on
A new way of thinking about how to solve retention problems using stay interviews
They are here to stay (and probably going to replace surveys)
If turnover is tied to the managers
We need to identify first why they struggle with it
It really starts with a fresh approach / workflow
The costs are key
Not only going to be what the gets the c-suite attention
But will be the driver of accountability for the managers
Problem is, most organizations don’t really know (or want to know) what turnover is really costing them!
Now that we understand the costs and drivers of retention we can help the managers get better
Starts really with the mindset
Not just understanding what a stay interview is but what their role is in the process
This is where the magic happens.
Something you share in your latest book.
No just 5 random questions. But lots of research, science and experience behind these.
Experience with Danielle
This final step is what makes the difference: accountability
It’s what really separates stay interviews from any other program out there.
You now have measurable data & actionable data
for those that don’t want to reinvent the wheel, we’ve done the hard part
With Dick, we have developed the first complete, automated Stay Interview System
Everything you need to quickly & easily implement
Here are some examples from ideas we shared today
Going to have a demo next week for those interested (watch email)
Imagine being able to know, analyze and share this kind of data