The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It's Too Late

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AMACOM, Aug 31, 2012 - Business & Economics - 240 pages

People are four times more likely to leave a job because of something going on in the office than for an outside opportunity.

Employee engagement and retention expert Leigh Branham offers real solutions to help you overcome the costly problem of employee turnover. The book examines the factors that contribute to turnover--such as manager relationships, lack of trust in senior leadership, company culture, salary, and benefits--and teaches you how to navigate these obstacles and avoid them in the first place.

In The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave, you’ll learn skills such as:

  • aligning employee expectations with the realities of the position,
  • avoiding job-person mismatches,
  • and providing feedback and coaching that breed employee confidence.

Now incorporating results from Branham’s “Decision to Leave” post-exit survey, the second edition features new research in employee engagement as well as innovative best practices for retaining employees in a down economy.

By revealing what can be done to hold on to the people who provide the most value to the organization, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave helps you increase their teams’ morale, productivity--and the company’s bottom line.

 

Contents

Foreword
Chapter 8
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
The Psychological Contract
Obstacles to Meeting Mutual Expectations
How Prospective Employees Can Do Their Part
What They Are Really Saying
Best Practices for Creating Growth and Advancement
What Employees Can Do to Create Their Own Growth
FEELING DEVALUED AND UNRECOGNIZED
Chapter 9
How Big a Problem Is Stress?
How Three of the Best Places in America to Work Do
What the Employee Can Do to Relieve Stress and Overwork

Recognizing the Signs of JobPerson Mismatch
Best Practices for Engaging and ReEngaging Through Job Task
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
LOSS OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN SENIOR
Chapter 11
Appendix
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About the author (2012)

Leigh Branham (Kansas City, KS) is a vice president at Right Management Consultants, one of the world's leading firms in human resources consulting.

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