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integrating new employees, 154 building with perks, 94
job sharing and, 126 deferred compensation and, 92
loyalty among, 61 incentives and, 89
orientation to, 140 Turnover. See Employee turnover
recognition programs for, 111 12 Gallup workplace statements,
telecommuting and, 125 65
Telecommuting, 125-126 The 21st Century Supervisor, 169
Templates, 55, 165 U
Tenure, 73
Upskilling, 120
Testing, 96-97, 107
Tetra Pak, 64 Up the Organization, 69
Thinking outside the box, 179- U.S. Army recruiting, 75
180 V
13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Vacation policies, 181
Fail?, 15 Value added
Tiered recognition programs, orientation to, 140
102-103 strategy implementation for,
Timeliness of performance 209-212
reviews, 161-162 Values, 172-173, 174
Time to productivity, 138 Vertical integration, 130-131
Tools Vesting of stock options, 91
principles for choosing, 33 The Virgin Group, 131
to retain Baby Boomers, 66-70 Virtual working, 70
to retain Gen-Xers, 71-77 Visualization, 31-33
See also Tactics Voluntary departures, 5.
Top performers
basic retention issues, 41 W
gaining program support from, Wageweb.com Web site, 95
214, 218 Walking the course, 32-33
importance of challenge and War for talent, 19-20, 21
growth, 62-63 Web sites
Townsend, Robert, 69 compensation surveys, 95
Training demographics, 60
asynchronous, 139 employee rewards, 101
buddy programs and, 204 flexible work, 128
coaching and, 202-203 Great Place to Work Institute,
managers’ role in providing, 30
165, 166 interview templates, 55
in performance reviewing, 161 perks programs, 94
Trends in retention, 11-21 recruiting, 17, 26
Trust surveys on, 51
building through compensa- work-life balance, 181
tion, 86-87 Weed garden effect, 10-11, 81