How to keep the people on board?

The labour market is very tight. The supply of talent has decreased. The demand has boomed. But unemployment is at its lowest levels. So finding talent has become increasingly tricky. Organizations are forced to review the way they handle the talent challenge and need to refocus their efforts.

Retention becomes more important than recruitment. Maybe retention even is the new recruitment. If you cannot find the people, it’s better to hang on to the people you have. And to make sure they are willing and able to perform sustainably.

“Retention is the new recruitment, but only if you do it right.” (David Ducheyne)

But there are many questions about how to retain people. Should we focus on everybody? Or just the high potentials? What about the golden cages? What about spoiling people? What about people who do not perform? What about specific target groups? Which HR practices work and which do not? And what kind of leadership should we develop?

In this masterclass you will get an answer to your questions on retention. We will take a hands-on and evidence-based approach and provide you with the info you need to either build or review your current practices that have an impact on the retention of people. We will avoid the fads but focus on sound practical experiences backed by the available evidence.

We cannot promise you any magical solution or quick fixes. But after following this program you will know the buttons to push and the levers to pull.

Your Content

Introduction

• The state of the labour market in Belgium. What are we facing?

• The strategic importance of Retention.

• What is retention management? What is it not?

• How do we know we have a problem?

Evidence-Based HR & Retention

• What is evidence-based HR?

• How can an evidence-based approach help us to increase retention?

• How does evidence-based HR work: the 6 A’s.

• What does the science say about retention management?

Which are the Practices?

• How to shape the recruitment process to enhance retention?

• What about reward and recognition? Which practices work?

• What about the impact of leadership? Which practices work?

• What about feedback and performance management? Which practices work?

• What about personalization of work like job crafting, flexibility? Which practices work?

• What about learning? Which practices work?

• What is the value of surveys, exit-interviews, … ?

How to build a plan?

• The bigger picture: how to define a people strategy that retains people?

• How to involve all stake-holders?

• How to follow-up?

• How to communicate about it?

For Whom?

This training aims to help:

• CHROs, HR Managers, HR Business Partners

• Talent Managers, Recruiters and Learning & Development Managers

• HR Specialists

• Business Managers

Your Trainers

With 25 years of experience in people strategy and leadership under his belt as CHRO, business leader, trainer and keynote speaker, David Ducheyne helps leaders and organisations grow and achieve their targets. Engaged, competent and healthy people make the difference. He worked for Alcatel, Henkel, Securex, Case New Holland. David also focuses on setting up platforms that help people connect and share experiences and ideas, and is co-founder and president of hrpro.be, the first national Belgian Association of HR Professionals. Today he is leader of the HR practice of Solvay and founder of the strategic consultancy Otolith.

Cédric Velghe is co-founder and a key member of the R&D team and Ghent University spin-off VIGOR, focused on understanding, predicting and changing people's behavior at work. Through the lean collection, evaluation and integration of the best available scientific knowledge (reviews) and field data (analytics, field experiments), he and his team support executives and policy-makers in evidence-based decision-making, to help them to increase the success rate of their management decisions or policy-making.

He is equally involved in the development of innovative tools (e.g. psychometric tests, training protocols, serious games).

Your Benefits

Registration is possible till 12 June 2019. Strategic HR talent partners of Solvay Brussels School are eligible for a special discount. Please contact us to confirm that a strategic talent partnership is in place between your institution and SBS.

Contributing alumni of Solvay Brussels School are eligible for a 10% discount with the code SBS-ALUMNI. Click "Enter promotion code" to type the code & apply your discount when ordering a ticket.

We look forward to welcoming you on campus!

Roxana-Emanuela Dude

Portfolio Manager & HR Enthusiast

+32 2 650 66 34

hr.practice@solvay.edu

Read more about the HR and People Strategy Practice of Solvay Brussels School.