How do you get the Truth from Leavers?

I read recently about an organisation spending 600 HR hours a year on face to face exit interviews.  The end result, however, was that they had no hard data and really didn’t know accurately why people were leaving.

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Get line managers using psychometrics

A line manager who understands their team builds trust and respect which, in turn, generates better performance. Psychometric assessment opens people like and book and provides strategies to motivate and coach team members.

Reports from a psychometric assessment tool like The McQuaig System give tips on how individuals prefer to work based on their naturals strengths. Nurturing natural strengths (rather than ‘improving’ weaknesses) generates a far higher return on your investment.

HR can support line managers throughout the organisation by highlighting areas specific to line managers needs. Here are a few examples:

• an interview guide gives structure to interviews and provides questions to ask
• a management overview give shortcuts to understanding a new starter
• a self-development report will save a line manager hours of work putting together development plans for staff – and give a better outcome

All the reports above are available as part of The McQuaig System and available to unlimited licence clients at no extra cost. If you already use McQuaig ask your consultant how you can help your line managers discover what’s in it for them.

Two truths, one lie…

We use a classic icebreaker – tell two truths & one lie about yourself and see if the group can guess which one is the lie. Do you realise you are playing the same game when recruiting new staff?

Hirescores.com conducted some research to find out how many candidates lie on their CV. 69% of 1,277 respondents said they had told untruths to secure a position. Nearly one third admitted it was because they had left their previous employer on bad terms. Read more