Leigh Branham

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No training and bad hiring expectations are causing employees to quit. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new findings on the reasons employees leave you, including lack of training and unrealistic expectations.
There are specific reasons employees are engaged - or not. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the six drivers of employee engagement, including which one is the most important.
How well-being factors into employee engagement. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the how achieving a elements of well-being is critical to promoting employee engagement.
Innovation and low employee engagement are mutually exclusive. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how critical employee engagement is to creativity and innovation, plus a small business talent acquisition opportunity.
Do you know why good people leave their employer? Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to talk about a survey of exit interviews which indicates that compensation is not the top reason people leave.
If you want to keep good employees, show them they are valued. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to report on employee exit interviews that show people are more likely to quit because they don't feel appreciated or their ideas valued.
Keep good employees by giving them more authority to solve customer problems. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss his work on why good employees quit, including not being given enough authority to do their jobs well.
What can small business learn from big business about hiring employees? Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that big businesses hiring practices would be good for small businesses, like being patient and using interns.
What traits should small businesses focus on in prospective employees? Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that experience is way down the list of desirable qualities of a prospective employee, after integrity, knowledge and motivation.
Should you have employee applicants take a personality profile test? Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to encourage small business owners to have any prospective employee take a personality profile test..