Hello and welcome to Episode 133 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
In todayâs episode of the podcast we are discussing the importance of onboarding new employees. For many small businesses they see onboarding as something for big corporates only, and something HR should take care of. Noting could be further from the truth. Effective onboarding is even more important for small businesses, because without it turnover increases and retention is lowered, which has a ripple effect on the entire business.
Today I shared with you the 4 core elements of effective onboarding that any business could implement right now. These were designed by Dr Talya Bauer from the SHRM Foundation and include:
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Like building blocks, you need to start at the base, the beginning, with compliance, but stopping there will see youâre your onboarding efforts falling flat.
If youâd like to ask questions or start a discussion about effective onboarding, I have a...
If you employ or manage staff in any capacity youâll know what a sucker punch it can be when a great staff member turns in their resignation, perhaps out of the blue, or even hints at the idea of moving on.
Finding great staff is like winning the lottery but keeping them long-term can prove tricky depending on a variety of factors. Post pandemic, weâre seeing trends that reveal keeping great staff is becoming even more challenging but there are some essential things you can do to keep great people in your team, longer.
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Why do you want to keep great staff in your team in the first place?
The most obvious reason would be because theyâre great. You can trust them, they are reliable, they show up and they do great work and you donât have to worry about them â whatâs not to love about keeping great staff?
The great players in the team you already have are part of what makes the fabric of your culture vibrant, ...
Hello and welcome to Episode 132 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
In todayâs episode of the podcast weâre talking about something that I know is top of mind for many small business owners right now â how to keep the great staff they have!
The reality is, it is harder than ever to keep great people right now. They are getting offers and opportunities placed in front of them every day of the week, and at some point in time they might start to think the grass does look greener on the other side.
The stats support this, with data out of the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing us that resignation rates are at a 10 year high and unemployment is at a 50 year low.
So how can we keep great people in this environment? In todayâs episode I share with you 3 fundamental concepts you need to be paying attention to when it comes to retaining the best people:
All three concepts are big picture i...
If you employ staff, engage contractors, or rely on people to help deliver your products or services, then you know that sometimes thereâs a gap between the acceptance of an offer and your new hireâs start date.
This is what we in HR call the High-Risk Pre-Start Date Zone.
Itâs the period of time between when you extend an offer of employment and your applicant accepts, and their actual start date.
This period of time will vary from applicant to applicant, and a trend that is growing is applicants taking an extended period of leave, up to six weeks, added to their typical four weeksâ notice period at their current place of employment before they get started with you. While not every applicant will take almost three months to begin work, it does happen.
During this zone of time, typical behaviours can be an email the night before theyâre due to start sayin...
Hello and welcome to Episode 131 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
In todayâs episode of the podcast weâre talking about the High Risk Pre Start Zone. This is the period of time between an applicant accepting your offer of employment, and them actually starting with you.
Right now, youâre probably doing a whole range of things during that period of time to get ready for your new starter, but they know about none of them.
Conversely, they have other employers talking to them and other offers being extended to them. They have no more connection with you than any other employer they are interviewing with, so itâs easy for them to take another option during this period.
By putting in place the 3 strategies I shared in todayâs episode youâll have the best possible chance that theyâll be there to start their role with you on day 1!
If youâd like to ask questions or start a discussion about this dangerous pre start zone, I have an invitation for you.
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The most successful recruitment campaigns rely on you as the business owner or manager being able to choose from a great list of quality talent, a perfectly suited shortlist, who are all skilled for the role you are hiring for â and ultimately are a great fit for your team.
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But have you ever found yourself without this stellar shortlist? Instead, you may have found yourself with only one or two applicants, neither of whom are ideal, but youâre desperate, so youâll probably hire one of them. Or you have a lengthy list of people youâre considering, but none are ideal, they are ok, they have applied, but they are a mish mash of skills, experience and suitability.
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The thing is, in order to achieve a high-quality shortlist of applicants to choose from, itâs imperative that your candidate attraction strategies, including any advertising process, social posts or invitations to apply are targeted, aligned to your requirements and engaging to your ideal audience.
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Hello and welcome to Episode 130 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
In todayâs episode of the podcast, Iâm sharing a 5 step framework to screening applications in a competitive market.
The thing is, when we are short on applicants for a role, our usual screening methods tend to go out the window, and as a result we donât shortlist effectively, which means we are at risk of making poor hiring choices. And what I know to be true is that you canât outrun a bad hire.
So whether you have 5 applications or 5000 effective screening is essential, and this 5 step framework is super simple to follow and will keep you on track for great hiring choices.
If youâd like to ask questions or start a discussion about note taking, I have an invitation for you.
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In a competitive market where applicants are in short supply and the struggle to even find one person who might be suitable for your role is real, itâs easy to think that there is no need to screen and assess applicants. Well, there is no one to screen, or so few applicants so whatâs the point, right?
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Actually, wrong. You see, despite there being far fewer applicants to chose from, the importance of making the right hiring choices hasnât changed. The reality is you canât outrun a bad hire. So even if there is only one applicant, hiring the wrong person is guaranteed to cause you more frustration, more stress and cost you more than hiring no one at all.
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When we had only a handful of applicants to select from, screening effectively is even more important because in these moments we can lose focus and clarity on whatâs really important, out of desperation, overwhelm and stress. We waiver on the previous non negotiables, and start to consider applicants who we know really arenât ri...
Hello and welcome to Episode 129 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
In todayâs episode of the podcast, I have a warning, I may get a little bossy! Today we are talking about one of the simplest things you can do to protect yourself and your business from employee issues â and that is to take notes!
Today I encourage you to document, document, document!
I know it never feels like we will need the notes, until we actually do, and we can easily fall into the trap of thinking we will remember the details of the discussion, but the truth is we wonât.
In todayâs episode I discuss when to take notes and why itâs so important to document these notes in relation to discussions with our employees.
If youâd like to ask questions or start a discussion about note taking, I have an invitation for you.
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Would you like to connect with other like-minded business owners, leaders and managers experiencing similar situations with their team?
Join the discussion inside our free Fa...
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are second guessing yourself, feeling like youâve gone crazy because you are certain you are clear on the conversation you had with an employee, yet they seem certain the conversation didnât happen. Or perhaps the discussion is acknowledged, but the message you were sure you delivered simply seems to have been forgotten, misunderstood or completely misinterpreted?
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You find yourself going around in circles and ending up back at square one with any required change or improvement seeming to never be getting any start or momentum.
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Hereâs the truth, we never think we need notes of those meetings, discussions or incidental âchatsâ we have had â until we do. We think we will remember them in vivid detail, because they are so clear in our mind in that moment, but we have so much more on our plates as business owners and leaders, that the reality is we wonât remember. Like everything else, in time our memory fades, which makes it eve...
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