Attracting and retaining key talent biggest issue
Posted by Kim Provencher at 5:53 PM

I was happy to come upon this article in Personnel Today Retaining Skilled Staff is Top of Executive Agenda. It seems companies have become so concerned about increasing revenue and acquiring new customers they have forgotten that their employees are the ones that make it happen. There's people behind those numbers and if those people don't feel valued and recognized, the likelihood of those numbers increasing diminishes. It takes a well-oiled people machine to help organizations meet their goals and HR plays an important role in making that engine run smoothly. Is your department doing enough to retain your company's skilled staff?

Workforce improvement issues dominated the top priorities, accounting for four in 10 of the most commonly cited concerns. The majority of respondents (35%) selected 'attracting and retaining skilled staff' as a top priority, followed by 33% who cited 'changing organisational cultural and employee attitudes'.

“The most powerful theme emerging this year is a strong and consistent focus on people,” said Peter Cheese, global managing partner of Accenture’s Human Performance practice.