HR PILLAR: LEADERSHIP
Industry Leaders Weigh in on Retaining The Best Talent Out There By Frith Thomas, Account
Director at Irvine Partners
Create an environment where employees can flourish
Fostering the right company culture is another powerful tool in
Aisha Pandor, CEO, SweepSouth
retaining talent. It helps to create
aving employees who are
Looking after your team is about
feeling of identity. A strong culture
happy working for you isn’t
looking after your business. People
promotes a feeling of enhanced
just a personal matter, it’s an
who enjoy their jobs are more likely
trust and cooperation (we’re in this
economic one. Happy employees
to stay, helping you to retain star
together, we believe in the cause!)
are more focused, creative,
employees and decrease turnover.
between employees and bosses,
motivated, productive, and
On the flip side, losing employees
with employees more likely to enjoy
positive -- all factors which help
costs the company money, results
work when their needs and values
shape a company’s performance.
in loss of organisational knowledge,
are consistent with the company’s.
It also helps you to retain star
and uses more resources, as hiring,
One of the ways we achieve this is
employees, which is vital for
training, and onboarding new
through our team members being
business success.
employees is a time-consuming,
able to nominate a colleague as
expensive process.
SweepSouth’s weekly Values Hero
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We asked five industry experts
focus among and engenders a
- a staff member who embodies
for their tips on creating a happy,
To create the right atmosphere,
the company’s values of delivering
strong and successful work
you should build a team that suits
quality work and being respectful,
environment where employees
the business in terms of skill-set,
can thrive, feel valued, and be
culture, and personality, but also
inspired to bring their A-game
prioritise diversity in terms of age,
to work every day.
gender, background, professional experience, and nationality. Focus on shaping a work environment that promotes trust and a feeling of safety, encourages cooperation
“Looking after your team is about looking after your business.”
and teamwork, that gives team members support to flourish, and allows responsible freedom. And get people to buy into the fundamental reason that you do what you do. Having buy-in from skilled people on your team who want to be a part of the mission you’re on, is invaluable.
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innovative, flexible and trustworthy.
