Indifference

HR Managers and Business Leaders: I read that 69% of customers leave a business relationship because of a perceived attitude of indifference on the part of the company.

While I don't know that exact numbers for employees leaving a company due to indifference, I do know that there are a number of ways to make sure employees don’t feel indifferent.

💡 Make it fun. With a mostly remote work team, it's more important than ever to make sure team members feel a sense of connection – more than just a Teams call every once in a while.

Try virtual happy hours or simple team-building activities like a game of online Pictionary, Code Names, or buy into a hilarious bundle of games from Jackbox Games

💡 Go Old School. Do in-person meetings.

Hold in-person company or department-wide meetings at which each person has a dedicated slide to share their successes or challenges over the previous 30 days.

At Printable, once a quarter, we fly all our out of town employees to Chicago for an in-person week, including company meetings, various social activities, and team building fun.

💡 Share team member successes over email

One easy thing that every leadership team member can do is when you see someone doing a kick ass job communicating with a client or with a vendor over e-mail, forward that e-mail to the entire team with a message of appreciation.

You can lose an employee for any number of reasons, but a feeling of indifference should not be one of them!