What Am I Doing Wrong?

“I can’t find people up to my standards, and then they don’t stay.”

A real conversation with a frustrated business owner this week.

If you are a seasoned SMB business owner in the DFW market, here are a few things that might help you be more successful in hiring and keeping talent:

• • Inflation is real for the families we employ. If you have a 2015 mindset about salaries, you are not going to be able to find great talent to join your team.
    
    
  • The competition for talent in this market is fierce. Basic benefit offerings like health benefits, PTO, time flexibility, etc. will help you attract talent.
    
    
  • Develop a competent and effective process for recruiting, assessing, and onboarding new teammates. We have seen disastrous turnover in small businesses from the ‘gut feel’ approach to hiring.

If you need help with #3, we have a great workshop for owners/leadership teams to elevate your results in recruiting, assessing, and onboarding new talent.

One of the most amazing things you can do to increase profitability in the SMB space is keep the talent you have and make them better every year. The modern research from Gallup aligns with the recipe for human engagement that has been true for thousands of years.

Humans want to be connected with a higher purpose and meaning. Their most intense need once they are safe is to be recognized and appreciated for their efforts.

Finally, in the modern workforce if you want engagement and retention to improve, provide an abundance of clarity about expectations, show them a career path for growth, and give them a leader who knows how to lead.

These are easier to do than you imagine, and learning how to do them well will cost you a lot less than high turnover and disengagement.

 You can do this, let us help.