# retention
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0:02The European hiring crisis: why 50% of new hires leave within a yearLeanne Elliott: This episode contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised. Al Elliott: Coming up this week in work. Leanne Elliott: You've probably heard someone describe Gen Z as entitled, fragile, or nEP 320 · 21 Jul 2026·news roundup· 0:02–14:1949:49Workplace Surgery: If people keep leaving, is it really a hiring problem?Leanne Elliott: I am Al Elliott: Yes. So if people keep leaving, is it really a hiring problem? So this person says, we put a lot of effort into hiring and feel like we bring in good people, but a pattern's emerging wherEP 298 · 5 May 2026·workplace surgery· 49:49–52:5446:56Workplace Surgery: Keeping great people when you can't compete on payLeanne Elliott: No, no, you go first Al Elliott: We've got an interview this Thursday coming out with Josh Levine, and he talked exactly about this. And in fact, he interviewed someone called Gary Ridge, who was the CEO EP 238 · 7 Oct 2025·workplace surgery· 46:56–52:0342:35When freedom means people leave to start companiesAl Elliott: I would be worried about giving so much freedom to people who are essentially entrepreneurial with their ideas that you're just going to be set, people are just going to go, Oh, that's great. I'll go and do tEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 42:35–44:5919:43Retention, applications, and the real motivatorLeanne Elliott: How have you found this shift has impacted things like your retention, the number of applications you get when you advertise a job in terms of talent? Has it, has it helped you retain and attract talent? EP 183 · 27 Mar 2025·interview· 19:43–22:388:19Story 2: Gen Z and Millennials are ready to move onAl Elliott: Well, a little article on HR News caught my eye. Uh, we talk quite a lot about the generational difference But a recent research project from Oak Engaged uncovered some pretty surprising findings. Almost 60% EP 142 · 5 Nov 2024·news roundup· 8:19–11:1747:45Breaking down FLAIR: Financial, Logistics, Adaptation, Interpersonal, RetentionLeanne Elliott: Yeah, it's a nice little model, isn't it? So, F is for financial. So, in other words, have you thought through the money that you'll need? Don't be like Nathan, who had to spend rent money on getting his EP 118 · 25 Jul 2024·interview· 47:45–50:2325:22What employees are really looking forAl Elliott: So, Leigh, let's just talk about this for a second. Why is it that teams change? The original people Start to feel a little bit like everything's going wrong. What is the actual psychology behind this?EP 104 · 6 Jun 2024·interview· 25:22–25:3421:21Workplace Surgery: Surprise resignations despite great benefitsLeanne Elliott: Yes Al Elliott: Okay, so this person writes, we recently lost another long-term employee who we believed was loyal and engaged. Their sudden resignation caught us completely off guard, and it's not the fiEP 99 · 21 May 2024·workplace surgery· 21:21–26:0823:32Diversity without inclusion is a revolving doorMandy Price: Because what we'll see is some workplaces that really focus on diversity, Again, because that is the easiest to measure. And so they will want to ensure that there's different faces, different demographics wEP 53 · 24 Aug 2023·interview· 23:32–27:4937:48Lesson 2: Keeping great peopleLeanne Elliott: So, that is the first, the first lesson of People and Culture, how to find great people. The second lesson is keeping great people. So, Oliver believes that the key to keeping great people is to be intentEP 38 · 10 May 2023·interview· 37:48–40:1845:46The employer brand and retention dividendAl Elliott: Keep that in. One of the things that doesn't seem to be talked about is how this improves the employer brand. We asked Joe what other knock-on effects this 4-day work week could have. One business that I workEP 36 · 25 Apr 2023·other· 45:46–50:4113:07Prediction 2: From attracting talent to retaining itLeanne Elliott: So following on from prediction number 1, I think 2022, there was a really big focus on the fight for attraction, attracting talent. I think 2023, there's gonna be much more focus on talent retention. So EP 18 · 29 Dec 2022·other· 13:07–17:45
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