RC Webinar: Using “Stay Interviews” to Motivate Staff Engagement & Facilitate Staff Retention

The most valuable relationship in any organization is the one between manager and team member. Managers in programs that work directly with clients work side-by-side with these team members daily and significantly impact their development, environment, and experiences. When an organization operates from a strengths-based rather than a deficit mindset and embraces the diverse, unique talents of its staff, creativity and innovation is abundant.

One concrete method for building a strong relationship between manager and staff is the “stay interview.” Rather than only conducting exit interviews when some decided to leave, a stay interview is a proactive way to engage staff around why they do stay and would continue to stay in their job in the future.

This session will cover how to:

Use stay interviews to accelerate staff retention
Build on what you learn in stay interviews to boost staff engagement
Learn communication strategies to promote inclusion

This is a chance to learn from an agency within our RC community that has developed a successful staff retention strategy; our presenter, Taheti Watson, is the Chief Engagement and Diversity Officer at Canopy Children's Solutions in Jackson, Mississippi.

Please note: This webinar was originally slated for May 2021, but was rescheduled. Anyone registered for the original webinar will need to re-register.

Please Note:

1. Apologies, but CE credits are not available for this event.

2. This event is not open to the public. It is intended only for our RC client agencies. If you are not from an RC Agency, please do not register.

Presenter

Taheti Watson has over 15 years of experience in human resources, leadership development, and employee engagement. She is responsible for building and developing a strong and inclusive team that lives Canopy’s Core Values. Taheti helps Canopy attract, develop, and retain exceptional, diverse team members committed to making a positive and sustained impact on the children, families, and communities Canopy serves.

She holds a Bachelor in Management from Belhaven University and a Masters in Workforce Development from The University of Southern Mississippi. Taheti is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources through the Human Capital Institute (SPHR) and the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM –SCP). She credentialed as a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE) and is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach.

Taheti’s favorite saying is “diversity is a fact and inclusion is a choice.”