This most recent post by Greg Harris on The Science of Work blog contains a simple but powerful lesson for small business owners and leaders when it comes to the emphasis they place on team building activities for the workplace. Citing several Wall Street Journal articles, Harris writes,
[Google] is a company that sees their biggest challenges ahead as people issues....not technology issues, not government issues, not economic issues.
Go figure: one of the biggest/fastest growth stories in American business history suggests that attracting and retaining talent is the most critical factor in their strategy.
His post follows on the heels of Google's much-hyped algorithm to determine which employees are most likely to leave, which I blogged about earlier this month. My post on this contains a comment from none other than...Mr. Harris.
Related - selected posts on this blog on improving employee retention:
- Do You Work As Hard to Impress Employees As You Do Customers?
- Family-Owned Businesses Holding on to Staff, Optimistic About Near-Term Economic Recovery
- Gentle Giant Moving Takes Its Recruiting Challenge on the Road
- LinkedIn Group Initial Consensus to Using Zappos' 'Leaving Bonus': No
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