Too many companies attempt to save an employee after they have already made the decision to leave. At that point it is too late! They reached the decision point well in advance of handing in their notice. While you may not save this particular employee, you do have an opportunity to save others. How? Listen […]
Category: Exit Interviews
The Great Resignation’s Fallout: What Happens Next?
Inc. recently published an article on the Great Resignation, or “The Big Quit” as they aptly named it. So many companies and HR teams are focused on the immediate needs before us: filling jobs as so many people resign and leave. But, what happens next? This article was a good reminder for us all to […]
Driver Turnover and Retention Strategies
Are you facing high driver turnover in your trucking organization and trying to determine the root causes of why people are leaving? Understanding what’s causing them to call it quits is a huge hurdle for a lot of companies, but that’s where confidential surveys come in. One of the questions we ask in all of […]
Perceptions of Healthcare Leadership
What are exiting healthcare professionals saying about their former employers? At People Element, we investigate this by looking at how exiting employees rated leadership in their organization. Because leadership can be defined in many different ways, we separate the findings into three buckets: Immediate supervisor/manager, directors/mid-management, and senior leadership. People Element conducts exit surveys that […]
Do Those With an “Axe to Grind” Skew Exit Data
Employee Exit Interview Myth As the leading provider for retention strategies and exit interview surveys, we occasionally hear prospects object to exit interview surveys feeling that those with an axe to grind will skew their results and they will not get good data. Since that doesn’t hold true in practice, let’s dive a little deeper […]
Leading Exit Factors in Healthcare
Healthcare Turnover Are you facing high turnover and trying to determine the root causes of why people are leaving? If so, you’re certainly not alone. 2021 healthcare turnover ended at 27.1% according to NSI Nursing Solutions’ 2022 National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. Healthcare organizations like yours are turning to employee listening solutions […]
Exit Interview Best Practices
Employee turnover is a vital metric in every organization’s planning. If you don’t measure and address it, it won’t improve. Exit interviews can be a simple tool to help you collect more information about what is causing turnover and other potentially negative factors in your organization. The effectiveness of exit interviews requires a well-balanced approach. […]
Optimal Timing for Employee Exit Surveys to Reduce Turnover
Employee turnover. It’s one of those things nobody wants to talk about but says so much about the overall health of your organization. Tracking how many employees leave and are replaced within a given period of time is important for a number of reasons. It’s true that not all turnover is bad, though it might […]
The Aging Population and the Nursing Shortage
The nursing shortage in the U.S. has been at a near-crisis stage for several years. The largest portion of the healthcare workforce are America’s 3 million nurses, and nursing as a profession is one of the fastest-growing careers in the nation. Yet the supply of nurses cannot keep up with demand. Not only is there […]
How to Retain Nurses – Nurse and Nursing Retention
The demand for nurses is rising every year. The American Nurses Association estimates that by 2022, there will be a need for 3.44 million nurses. To put that number in perspective, an additional 1.13 million nurses will be required in less than 10 years. Unfortunately, while healthcare organizations need to hire more nurses to meet […]