Retention process & Succesfull marriage

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"Retention Process"

"Successful Marriage"

Did you know, "Retention Process" is related to "Successful Marriage"?

The relation of "Employer-Employee" is like a marriage.


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Sourcing and Selecting the Candidate - Wooing the Girl/Boy.

Retention doesn't start from the day person join your organization. Retentionstarts from the "Interview Process".

1. The way you carry the interview

2. The practices and processes you use to interview candidates

3. The selection tools that you use

4. The communication processes that you adept to interact with the candidate

5. The steps involved in the selection process


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6. Number of hours you made this person to wait

7. Time you take to issue the offer letter

8. Hassles and problems you create to give the offer and appointment letter

9. The credibility of the information that you have provided to this person at thetime of interview about the company and about the job.

10. You need to convince the person as what your company is having that othersare not having? What is your competitive edge? What type of future or growththat person will get if he decides to join your company?

Each of these factors decides the time this personwill stay with your organization.


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So, you need to adopt the same process and practices as you do to woo a girl. Beprepared. Be your best. Present a good but true picture of the company. Sharethe growth prospects and growth plans. Always be on time, maintain yourcommitment, start the interview on time, don't let the candidate wait and if youare late and say sorry. Let there be less hassles.

You need to convince your partner, how you aredifferent from other boys or girls? What type offuture that person will get if he/she decides tomarry you.


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Orientation and Induction Your Engagement

Now, it means that the girl has said YES to you, is interested in you and now youare engaged

After sourcing and selection process the next important thing that might affectthe "Retention Process" is the Orientation Process (It generally continues for 30days). Remember, you are still in courtship

.1. The way you welcome your new employee.

2. The way his team members treat him.

3. The information you provide to him.

4. Which senior managers interact with him?

5. Setting the clear expectations.

6. Criteria to measure the performance.


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7. In brief, job description, KRA's; Performance Criteria; Performance

Management System; Performance Evaluation; Reward System; Career Planning

8. In total, the comfort level that you extent to this person.

Just like your engagement, where it is important todecide as what is expected from each other.

1. If both of them will work or not

2. If both are working then how they will share thehousehold responsibilities...who will take care ofcooking, cleaning, washing; who will take care of

kids, their homework, their school commitments,who will keep the track of their growth in school;who will take care of grocery and other day-to-dayexpenses; who will take decisions related to otherinvestments, house, car, holidays etc .


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3. What is expected and what are the things to be avoided?

4. If both are working...then they should not have any other commitmentfor the weekend.

5. If they will be staying in a joint family or separately

1. (I think, usually these are things we share.)


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On Job - Now you are married

Now, at last you got married and have decided to stay together for the rest of yourlife. Getting married doesn't assure you that you will have a successful marriage.You have probation period, which in companies is usually for 6 months to one yearand in married life is 5 years. If you have been successfully married for 5 years andthe ship of your marriage is smoothly sailing in the ocean of life then it will takesomething like Tsunami to happen to rock you ship.

Similarly, if an employee has successfully spent 5 years in your organization then itshould take something really big to happen to break that relation.

.1. Breach of trust

2. Bankruptcy

3. Enormously huge salary package or a jump 2-3levels in designation, ill health.

In short, a big accident.


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Agreed that the things are not exactly in the same way...same manner as werepromised to you, so now there is a need to make some adjustments, some

compromises. Once you get married to your employer then you realize that theinformation that has been given to you is not 100% correct, your teammembers and other colleagues in the office don't like you; the workenvironment is not very cordial; there are some misunderstandings;miscommunication; the promises that were made before the employment...theboss is not willing to keep all promises. But you still like to stay in the relation

and want to give your best. Adjustment and compromise is required. Once youare married, keeping the trust and faith is important, proper communication isvery crucial, feedback is the backbone and motivation, regular but genuineappreciation is a tonic.

I think if we take care of these things...employee will stay with the company fora long time. Do you like to add anything in this?


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Resignation, Exit Interview - Divorce

You tried your best to compromise for mutual growth, adjust with each other butthen thought that the things will not work and you should better go in differentdirection. Now, that the thought of "Divorce" has already crossed the mind of yourpartner...now that your employee has already decided to leave the organization andyou are sitting across the table for exit interview. You can hardly do anything tochange his mind but you can still make an attempt. Things have reached to this

level...it means that you have not done enough. There was no growth in theorganization but there is a chance, though very bleak...to save this relation.

Like marriage...you breached the trust ofyour partner, there were many restrictions,you were taking your partner for granted

and hence...reached the stage of divorce,but still you can save your relation.


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Though it is very late, you were not able to give enough growth to the person; youwere not able to give a balanced work-life; your reward system is not good enough

to keep him motivated. On the other side, you were not able to give enough time,love, care and space to your partner; you failed to understand and adjust with yourpartner; there was breach of trust. Still, you can make efforts...make attempts toRETAIN YOUR EMPLOYEE and SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE.

At least learn from your mistakes and try notto repeat such mistakes in future.


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HR Department - Your in-laws

1. HR Department can give you infrastructure, facilities to ensure that you give youbest.

2. They can make employee friendly policies, processes and procedures to ensurethat you grow in the organization...as a person, as a professional.

3. They can appreciate your work.

4. They can ensure proper communication process; make sure that you are heard.

5. They can give regular feedback, appreciation and recognition.

6. They can give training to your boss; give coaching to your boss, if hismanagement style is not good.


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Just like your in-laws, who take care of your house, your kids, when you go outto work? They help you, in preparing the dinner. They ensure that you getrespect and care in the family. They ensure that you are heard for your ideasand opinion. Get appreciation for your work.

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Conclusion

Just look at the employer-employee relation in this perspective. Your boss is your spouse.Just look at the employer-employee relation in this perspective. Your boss is your spouse.

Just look at the employer-employee relation in this perspective. Your boss is yourspouse.Your Team Members are your in-laws. Other Colleagues in the organization are yourrelatives. Doesn't matter what others talk about you...it is important what yourboss...your spouse think and talk about you. Before making cordial relation with your

relatives...it is important to have positive relations with your team-members. As youknow people don't leave organizations...they leave bosses. Similarly, if marriage is notworking...people go for divorce because their partners are not good. No one go fordivorce because of the reason that their in-laws are not good...or their relatives don'tlike them.

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