KeenAlignment Blog

Is Your Company Hiring on Autopilot?

by Margaret Graziano | Dec 06, 2017 | Employee Engagement, Conscious Hiring, retention, Organizational Development

Many companies—from multinational mega-corporations to neighborhood markets—are still using outdated hiring techniques. Clinging to the ways of the past when constructing a workforce leads to high turnover, stagnant engagement from staff and quarterly...

THINKHR and Margaret Graziano partner to host a Conscious Hiring Webinar

by Margaret Graziano | Sep 13, 2017 | behavioral interviewing, Hiring, conscious hiring, People Strategy, strategic hiring, Webinars, Workforce Optimization, retention, Talent Strategy, turnover, Candidate Selection, Human Potential, Mishire, quality of hire

Would you like to transform the way you hire and manage your people, and optimize the human potential in your workforce?

Be A Change Agent: Disrupt Traditional HR Approaches

Today’s workforce is unfortunately more disengaged than ever. Perhaps it is because of the generational shift from boomers to millennials, or maybe because people are generally disenchanted with our changing society — whether it’s the effect of politics,...

7 Steps to Retaining the Best Employees

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 22, 2016 | Better Hiring, HR Best Practices, retention, Recruitment Strategy

Keep it short and sweet — remember, you are always selling.

Good Managers Doing Great Work with People

by Margaret Graziano | Nov 25, 2015 | Organizational Effectiveness, retention, innovation, Operational Efficiency

Organizations want to keep the right people—those people who contribute and move the business forward. When management focuses on developing their people, evoking the best in them and shepherding them to the next level; they improve the retention of...

The Retention Issue: How To Assess Candidates, Perfect Selection and Retain Top Talent

According To Noah Webster, retention is the act or power of keeping or retaining, but Corporately, retention is the power to keep employees actively engaged and committed to being an integral part of the organization. So what is retention like in this...

5 Ways to Retain Your Top Talent

While the recession is easing and unemployment figures are falling, there is another set of numbers that doesn't look so good.

Lets Talk Retention

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 20, 2011 | Behavioral Interviews, Emerging Leaders, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Leadership Development, Managing Change, On-Boarding, people roi, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Training, Turnkey HR Solutions, workforce planning, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, retention, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Coaching, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

According to Noah Webster, "Retention is the act or power of keeping or retaining. Corporately, retention is the power to keep employees actively engaged and committed to being an integral part of the organization."

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The Upside of the Downturn: 10 Management Strategies to Prevail

In the News from Staffing Industry Executive Forum Last week I spent 3 days in Las Vegas, at the Red Rock Resort and Casino. Although Vegas is the place for it, I was not there to drink, gamble or party. I was there to get connected on what is happening...

Does Your Recovery Strategy Include a Talent Management Strategy?

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 31, 2010 | Employee Engagement, Recruitment, retention, "selection hiring process", Talent Management, Unwanted turnover

If the reports are true and employee disengagement is on the rise, when 25% of your Key Contributors, Mission Critical players and Next level leaders become the departed, who will take their place?

Retention: Will Your Key Contributors Be There When You Really Need them?

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 27, 2010 | "Aging Workforce", Executive Recruitment, Hiring Process, Performance Management, Recruitment, retention, recruiting strategy, Talent Management, "Hiring Selection", HR Strategy

Even though Human Resource Executive’s Magazine is geared towards HR Management professionals, the January 2010 issue is excellent reading for any leader concerned with Talent Management. The cover story is about the necessity of Re-Engaging of Mission...

Purchase KeenHire Recruitment, Selection Hiring and Retention Tools

by Margaret Graziano | Jun 06, 2008 | Human Capital, performance management, retention, succession planning, Talent Management, Keen Alignment

The War for Talent is in full swing and is not going away. Your clients need new resources, they are actively seeking better resources that aid them not only in hiring the right people, they also need tools and training on effective on-boarding and...

Employee Development Power Versus Force

by Margaret Graziano | Oct 04, 2007 | Employee Selection, Playing to Strengths, retention, Organizational Development

As a manager, have you ever had the experience of trying to ‘make’ an employee change, forcing an outcome from an employee to improve their performance or, even worse, have you ever attempted to have them work differently by encouraging them to alter...