Work/Life Balance Leads to Greater Productivity, Retention

Would you like to have your employees work 21% harder and be 33% more likely to stay with your organization, all in exchange for comparatively less effort on leadership's part? Of course you would – which small business wouldn't?

Revisiting your workplace team building and employee engagement strategies to place a greater emphasis on helping your workforce find a better work/life balance can lead to the bottom line-friendly business metrics mentioned above, according to this new article on the Talent Management website.

What sorts of things specifically can firms do to accomplish this? Glad you asked! The contact that brought the TM article to my attention, Kyra Cavanaugh of LifemeetsWork, provided some great ideas that won't break the bank in a recent interview she did with us.

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Comments for Work/Life Balance Leads to Greater Productivity, Retention

Friday, August 14, 2009 by Kevin Kennemer, The People Group:: Focusing company leadership to look at results rather than mere bodily presence will help a company move from face time to excellence. There are leaders who still reward based on attendance, while the great workplaces that are outperforming their competition are measuring results, not the time spent on the job. This topic is extremely important in our 21st Century technology-based economy. Kevin Kennemer The People Group http://www.thepeoplegroupllc.com/blog
Friday, August 14, 2009 by Mark:: Right you are, Kevin. Thank you for pointing that out, which just shows that as with marketing, sales or any other company goals, you have to start with an ideal metric or set of metrics in the people practices area.