People
The beating heart of your organisation
An organisation is as strong as the people that work there. But how do you make sure staff feel a connection with the company, continue to develop and don't move to the competition? When facing staff shortages, organisations often look to recruit new talent right away, whereas in fact holding onto existing employees is key. You're looking for the perfect balance between the welfare of your employees and achieving your business objectives.
How do you retain employees and attract new talent?
Invest in development
Offer transparent career development and broad training options. This will prevent employees from getting stuck and start looking outside the organisation for growth opportunities.Create an attractive working environment
A positive company culture, in which employees feel valued and heard, contributes to loyalty.Offer flexibility
The new generation of employees attach great value to a good work-life balance. Hybrid working, flexible working hours and autonomy in the job are important factors.Ensure internal mobility
Avoid a situation in which employees move elsewhere to further their careers by creating internal opportunities for advancement.Strong and inspiring leadership
Management plays an important role in retaining employees and attracting new talent. A management team with clear goals and an inspiring vision that actively invests in the development and welfare of employees create a stable and attractive organisational culture.
Our specialists are here to help you
Our specialists at Employment Advisory will share ideas with you about the strategic and practical side of HR. Along with colleagues from Business Advisory and IT Advisory, we’ll look at your challenges from a broad perspective, with an eye for people and organisation. By using smart solutions such as the HR Hub, calling on our HR professionals and taking advantage of subsidies like SLIM, we'll help you build a future-proof organisation.
HR Hub
A flexible online platform that streamlines your HR and payroll processes and augments them by bringing in our HR professionals. Enabling you to retain control over your processes and offering your employees a professional, well-organised work environment.
Management development
Good management is not a luxury but a condition for success. Our Management Development programme supports your management team in growing and working together. As a result, you’ll increase the effectiveness of your management team and create space for strategic leadership.
SLIM subsidy
A subsidy scheme you can apply for (with our help) to invest in training & development within your organisation. That way, you create opportunities for growth and keep hold of talent by actively investing in their development.
A starting snapshot: where does your organisation stand now?
As an entrepreneur, you want your people to grow – and hence also your organisation. But real growth begins with insight. What talent do you already have in house? What do you still lack? Where do you have un-utilised potential? And what will you need in order to progress in the future?
Our practical checklist will help you look at talent development within your organisation in a structured way. Not as an end in itself but as a means of retaining employees, inspiring them and helping them to excel. Do you want to gain more control over talent development within your organisation?
A temporary solution with Interim Financials
Sometimes, you need extra capacity right away in order to temporarily relieve the pressure on your organisation. For example, because a deadline is approaching, you have knowledge gaps, an employee is off sick or the workload has simply become too high. Temporarily bringing in an interim professional can be a practical and effective solution. See it as a short-term solution that provides a breathing space, giving you the time to tackle the real problem at source.
The expert view
A shortage of staff is often not the real problem but rather the visible result of deeper-lying issues within your organisation: so says Palmyra Fambach, Director Employment Advisory at Baker Tilly. In this interview, you can read how Palmyra supports companies in resolving complex staffing issues. Her goal is to help organisations not just survive but thrive. Discover how her insights and strategies inspire companies and guide them to a better future.
Interested in learning about other possible causes of staff shortages?
Read more about smart use of technology and optimising business processes here.
Ready to tackle your staff shortage?
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