Cris from Axcient here. Hope all of you are well and also hoping some of you are willing to help me with a "project".
Trying to assess how we’re doing on the engagement and hiring fronts (e.g. How many hiring mistakes we make relative to the rest of the “market”). I have been pushing these basic topics at recent e-staff and board meetings. Ultimately, my agenda is to help both leadership teams (our execs and our board) understand how all of the people systems (recruiting, assessment, development and reward of talent) are actually working or not working together to foster the results we deserve (good or bad).
So, I am hoping you’d be willing to share some data (confidentially) with me. Three basic questions --
What is your regrettable attrition for the last two years (FY'13-FY'14)?
Have you seen any trends worth noting? (e.g. More people going to bigger or smaller companies? Key reasons for people leaving?)
What is overall attrition (company/management-induced) in the same period? These would include terminations for performance reasons or people resigning under performance pressure or small re-org/RIFs?
I am sure some of you are saying ... "Attrition? So boring!" I agree. :) We all know that attrition is a lagging indicator, so we’re also looking at some leading indicators for employee engagement, like key engagement questions on our Axcient Happiness Index, our career check-in program and our employee's participation in our employee referral program. We have also started quarterly talent reviews, which also seems to be bearing fruit.
Our people leaders here are doing a good job of keeping a pulse on the org. And the results of our most recent Axcient Happiness Index survey were very positive. At the same time, we still see a few people leaving from time-to-time and we’re often, surprisingly, surprised. :) Looking for multiple data points to tell the right story and am happy to share some anonymous/aggregated data if you are interested once I get it.
Let me know if you are willing to share. Please send email to cbarrett@axcient.com or call me on my mobile - 305.586.7509.
Hey All,
Cris from Axcient here. Hope all of you are well and also hoping some of you are willing to help me with a "project".
Trying to assess how we’re doing on the engagement and hiring fronts (e.g. How many hiring mistakes we make relative to the rest of the “market”). I have been pushing these basic topics at recent e-staff and board meetings. Ultimately, my agenda is to help both leadership teams (our execs and our board) understand how all of the people systems (recruiting, assessment, development and reward of talent) are actually working or not working together to foster the results we deserve (good or bad).
So, I am hoping you’d be willing to share some data (confidentially) with me. Three basic questions --
I am sure some of you are saying ... "Attrition? So boring!" I agree. :) We all know that attrition is a lagging indicator, so we’re also looking at some leading indicators for employee engagement, like key engagement questions on our Axcient Happiness Index, our career check-in program and our employee's participation in our employee referral program. We have also started quarterly talent reviews, which also seems to be bearing fruit.
Our people leaders here are doing a good job of keeping a pulse on the org. And the results of our most recent Axcient Happiness Index survey were very positive. At the same time, we still see a few people leaving from time-to-time and we’re often, surprisingly, surprised. :) Looking for multiple data points to tell the right story and am happy to share some anonymous/aggregated data if you are interested once I get it.
Let me know if you are willing to share. Please send email to cbarrett@axcient.com or call me on my mobile - 305.586.7509.
Thanks in advance!
Cris