{"id":713,"date":"2022-02-09T19:41:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=713"},"modified":"2022-02-09T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:41:12","slug":"the-value-of-a-stay-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/the-value-of-a-stay-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value Of A \u201cStay Interview\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Article-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-714 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Article-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>Keeping employees engaged pre-pandemic was hard enough, but for many leaders, it can seem like an uphill battle in our new work-from-home\/hybrid model world. It\u2019s important to recognize the signs of employee disengagement early, so effective action can be taken. Whether it\u2019s improved communication, providing clearer opportunities for job progression or taking time out to just have some team building fun, improving employee engagement is an investment that pays off in so many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Reasons for disengagement are as varied as the people in your organization. That\u2019s why taking the time to talk to team members and really listen to their concerns is so important. There\u2019s an underutilized, but powerful tool called the \u201cStay Interview,\u201d which can really help leaders gather important data about employee morale and engagement. In the book, <strong>\u201cLove \u2018Em or Lose \u2018Em: Getting Good People to Stay\u201d<\/strong> by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan Evans, they list a number of thought-provoking \u201cstay interview\u201d questions that really provide valuable insight. Here\u2019s a sample:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What will keep you here?<\/li>\n<li>What might entice you away?<\/li>\n<li>What about your job makes you jump out of bed in the morning?<\/li>\n<li>What makes you hit the snooze button?<\/li>\n<li>What one change in your current role would make you consider leaving this job?<\/li>\n<li>If you had a magic wand, what would be the one thing you would change about this department, team, organization?<\/li>\n<li>As your manager, what could I do a little more of or a little less of?<\/li>\n<li>If you had to go back to a position in your past and stay for an extended period of time, which one would it be and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you\u2019re armed with the information above, now what? How do you even begin to develop and implement innovative ideas that actually improve employee engagement? That\u2019s where working with a coach, like <strong>Leah M Joppy and Associates<\/strong>, can help. We can collaborate with you to look at areas where engagement is low, establish where improvements can be made and come up creative solutions that will increase team members\u2019 engagement and morale. There\u2019s no better time than the present to get started! Call us at 301-670-0051 or email us at <a href=\"mailto:leah@lmja.com\">leah@lmja.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping employees engaged pre-pandemic was hard enough, but for many leaders, it can seem like an uphill battle in our new work-from-home\/hybrid model world. It\u2019s important to recognize the signs of employee disengagement early, so effective action can be taken. Whether it\u2019s improved communication, providing clearer opportunities for job progression or taking time out to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}