Why Your Best Talent is Leaving You For Your Competitors

How to boost employee engagement & reduce turnover

In Mar 2020 the world changed forever.

The pandemic swept across the globe, locking us in our homes.

Businesses had to go remote overnight — adopting Zoom or Teams as their communication channel of choice.

And by the end of 2022, 17.4% of employees were mostly working from home in the UK — up from 14.2% a year earlier in 2019.

The rest were barely coping, adopting a hit or miss hybrid strategy.

The problem?

They were approaching a hybrid world with in-person policies.

While they offered some flexibility, they didn’t rethink their approach to work. A huge opportunity was missed.

And their best talent was becoming disengaged, because they weren’t meeting their needs.

If that’s your business — here’s how to rethink work:

Do NOT mandate going into the office.

Let your team decide where they work and they’ll choose a location that makes them the most productive.

But, if you do want your team back in a couple days a week…

Then make sure you define a clear WHY:

If you’re struggling for answers…
Then you’re better off as a fully remote team.

But, if your answers do roll off the tongue…
Then make sure you communicate them.

Everyone hates commuting for no reason.

So, give them a reason.

Only then will they choose to travel in.

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