{"id":209,"date":"2006-08-03T07:34:18","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T12:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=209"},"modified":"2006-08-03T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2006-08-03T12:35:37","slug":"reinforcing-employees-less-turnover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/reinforcing-employees-less-turnover\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinforcing Employees = Less Turnover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading my daily email from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justsell.com\" target=\"_blank\">JustSell.com<\/a> guys and they referenced an interesting study:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With help from Gallup, the authors surveyed more than 4 million employees and found that those who give and receive praise:<\/p>\n<li>increase their individual productivity<\/li>\n<li>increase interaction among colleagues<\/li>\n<li>are more likely to stay in their current jobs<\/li>\n<p>Gallup research also revealed that the <strong>#1 reason most Americans leave their jobs is because they don&#8217;t feel appreciated<\/strong> &#8212; and 65% of the people surveyed said they did not receive recognition for good work in the past year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>In the past year!<\/em> Granted, some communication styles need more reinforcement than others, but all styles need reinforcement. I think sometimes people overstate responses to these types of surveys. Nonetheless, I am guessing that most of the <strong>65%<\/strong> do not feel appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting statistic &#8211; in my <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=206\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> yesterday, the SHRM survey found that <strong>67%<\/strong> of employees are looking for a new opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading my daily email from the JustSell.com guys and they referenced an interesting study: With help from Gallup, the authors surveyed more than 4 million employees and found that those who give and receive praise: increase their individual productivity increase interaction among colleagues are more likely to stay in their current jobs Gallup research also revealed that the #1 reason most Americans leave their jobs is because they don&#8217;t feel appreciated &#8212; and 65% of the people surveyed said they did not receive recognition for good work in the past year. In the past year! Granted, some communication styles need more reinforcement than others, but all styles need&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/reinforcing-employees-less-turnover\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales-management","category-team-management"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-3n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/people-quite-their-bosses-not-their-jobs\/","url_meta":{"origin":209,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;&#8230;people quite their bosses, not their jobs&#8221;","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I enjoy Tory Johnson's articles from the abcnews.com website. Her latest offering, Bad Bosses Can Infect an Entire Business, is a quick read with a strong point. Employees need positive reinforcement. Some styles (High I) require more while other styles (High C) do not. 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They tend to offer smaller rewards more frequently so that employees make a mental link between their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sales Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sales Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/sales-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":513,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/socialize-with-your-younger-employees\/","url_meta":{"origin":209,"position":3},"title":"Socialize With Your Younger Employees","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"From Rasmussen Reports - Younger Workers Want More, Connection That Is. Not really a surprise here, but a reinforcement: On top of everything else, Generation Y employees also prefer more frequent social interaction with their managers. One-quarter (26 percent) would like to socialize with their boss at least monthly. 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This seems to be the complete opposite of what we are seeing here in the US.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":248,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/the-6-hour-workday\/","url_meta":{"origin":209,"position":5},"title":"The 6 Hour Workday","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 22, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Price Tag for Lost Productivity: $544 Billion. I'm always intrigued about how these calculations are made through a simple survey. How about some stats from the article? 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