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Retention & Remuneration Summaries

Hiring good employees is one thing; retaining them is quite another. To avoid high labor turnover, many employers resort to high salaries. But what really motivates workers to stay at a given job?

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Bare Knuckle People Management
 

Sean O'Neil and John Kulisek

BenBella, 2011

(7)

Customer Care Excellence
 

Sarah Cook

Kogan Page, 2008

(7)

Deciding Who Leads
 

Joseph Daniel McCool

Davies-Black, 2008

(7)

Effective Executive Compensation
 

Michael Dennis Graham et al.

AMACOM, 2008

(7)

Escape from Corporate America
 

Pamela Skillings

Ballantine, 2008

(8)

Fair Pay, Fair Play
 

Robin A. Ferracone

Jossey-Bass, 2010

(8)

Forced Ranking
 

Dick Grote

Harvard Business Review Press, 2005

(9)

GenXPat
 

Margaret Malewski

Intercultural Press, 2005

(7)

Hiring and Keeping the Best People
 

Harvard Business Essentials

Harvard Business Review Press, 2002

(7)

How to Hire a Champion
 

David Snyder

Career Press, 2008

(7)

Hug Your People
 

Jack Mitchell

Hyperion, 2008

(6)

Igniting Gen B and Gen V
 

Nancy S. Ahlrichs

Davies-Black, 2007

(7)

Keeping The Millennials
 

Joanne G. Sujansky and Jan Ferri-Reed

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009

(8)

Make Your Workplace Great
 

Steven J. Stein

Jossey-Bass, 2007

(8)

Managing the Unmanageable
 

Anne Loehr and Jezra Kaye

Career Press, 2011

(7)

Onboarding
 

George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009

(6)

Pension Dumping
 

Fran Hawthorne

Bloomberg Press, 2008

(8)

Rebound
 

Martha I. Finney

FT Press, 2009

(7)

Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad
 

Richard P. Finnegan

Davies-Black, 2009

(8)

Retiring the Generation Gap
 

Jennifer J. Deal

Jossey-Bass, 2006

(8)

Reward Systems
 

Steve Kerr

Harvard Business Review Press, 2008

(8)

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Retention & Remuneration

OK, so your company excels at landing prized talent, but what about the other half of the equation? Are you successful in retaining your best employees or are they merely biding their time waiting for the next best offer? Though many of the summaries in this category detail the correlation between your retention rates and remuneration – the manner in which you compensate your workers – you’ll also learn that employee satisfaction goes far beyond monetary rewards.

getAbstract will demonstrate why employees place a high priority on being acknowledged for their hard work and accomplishments. You’ll understand why retention strategies that embrace employee recognition and appreciation tend to be more effective than those that focus solely on cash incentives. Many of our satisfied clients, in fact, have boosted their retention rates merely by tapping into getAbstract’s deep knowledge base.

Culture Counts

In summarizing the leading books on retention and remuneration, our writers explain how the most successful companies promote a culture that encourages innovation and risk-taking. Employees who aren’t afraid to make mistakes are more creative and generally report a higher level of job satisfaction. Employees also value organizations in which they have an opportunity to display leadership qualities and managerial potential. You’ll also learn about the downside of high employee turnover and the fearsome financial toll it can take on your organization.

If you’re struggling to retain employees or you’re unsure about the best ways to compensate them, getAbstract certainly can point you in the right direction. It’s what we do.

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