The stay interview is a great employee retention tool that keeps your top performers from leaving their jobs. You may not know it but some of them may be bored with their jobs and are looking elsewhere for improved engagement.
In this episode of our Employee Productivity series, you’ll learn how the stay interview can help identify new opportunities for these workers. The interview can also keep you from having to spend a lot of time and money, replacing a good employee.
What Productivity Questions Does This Video Answer?
- What is the stay interview?
- How can I keep my best employees?
- What can I offer good employees to make them stay?
- How can I build a better team at work with a great employee retention tool?
Video Transcript for The Stay Interview: Great Employee Retention Tool
Ready to say goodbye to some of your top performers. If not, then consider this interview. Have you heard of the stay interview? It’s not a job interview and is not an exit interview. It fits in between. It’s also not an annual review.
The stay interview is about talking to your employees, especially your top performing ones and checking in and seeing how they’re doing on the job. Are they still engaged? Are they excited to come to work? What makes them excited to come to work? What makes them, when they wake up, want to get out of bed and just race into the job?
That’s the type of engagement you want to see from your employees. The stay interview is designed to see if someone’s maybe starting to look for greener pastures. They may think, “Oh I’ve hit the ceiling in this position, I’ve got to go elsewhere.”
You may be totally unaware of these feelings and you may have some new and exciting projects or a different role for a good employee that you don’t think about unless you talk to the person, check in, and see how they’re doing.
This is extremely valuable. You want to hold on to your top talent. Remember, it costs a lot to find someone new and it costs a lot to replace good experience.
Most employees will not tell you if they’re starting to lose interest in their job. They’ll they’ll just leave. Use the stay interview to make sure your tops talent sticks around.
About This Video Series
Ken Okel’s ongoing Employee Productivity video series will make you more effective on the job. Every week, you’ll learn a new, easy to understand tip that you can use right away, like how automation can help your team.
Tired of a productivity problem? Let us know and we’ll feature it in an upcoming episode.
About Ken Okel
As a motivational speaker, Ken Okel works with leaders and organizations to boost productivity, performance, and profits. At conferences, conventions, and company meetings, he engages audiences with new ways to maximize their time at work. To see a sample of his keynote and workshop presentations, visit his video page.
