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How can an organization with high turnover retain a culture?

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    Get the turnover down lower

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    Look at your leadership. What is their way of communicating? Are they effective at leading the team? Are they guiding, empowering managers to lead and nurture well? Do leaders and managers exhibit strong emotional intelligence? Staff members in leadership positions are responsible, so hold them accountable. Furthermore, find out what your employees desire the most. Or like already. Or struggle with. Is it low pay? Long hours or poor work/life balance? An inadequate or even badly behaving manager? Fix it so they don't go somewhere that offers something better. Also, is your "culture" sustainable? Research and find out what truly promotes productivity, healthy people, and stop or shift anything that gets in the way. Even if it looks fun or nice, it may not be working and might be resulting in unintended poor work environment or experiences. Thus, high turnover.

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    Get a new management team that cares about the longevity of the company and not just lining their own pockets.

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    Make sure they do definitely understand.

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    Not sure. Keeping the atmosphere light and laid back. If there is high turnover the job probably isn't worth keeping long term

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    The beatings will continue until moral improves

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    If a company has high turnover it shouldn't retain their culture as it obviously is making people leave the company...

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    Less micro managing and more tech input

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    If you know ahead of time that your company or industry is a pit-stop for employees that will be onto bigger and better things then treat them that way. Make it well known to them that you want to give them the best experience they can gain, the highest quality training, and the best possible growth so that they can be successful in the next chapter of their journey. When employees feel valued and important enough for you to invest in them, they will reciprocate with a team mentality, as well as through their efforts as an employee and by being organic ambassadors for your company. People are proud to announce and share when they are a part of something healthy and supportive.

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    This firm should not "retain" the current culture. It is toxic and dysfunctional.

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    Make sure the companies values are clear and that employees are not only measured on WHAT they do, but also HOW they do it. The "how" should be as important as the "what".

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    Could bring down the high turnover rate if the "culture" that is protected wasn't racism, bigotry, hate speech, misogyny & sexism. Lying for, protecting & defending people who can't properly perform their basic job, while attacking & threatening those who can, but point out racism & hate speech, means the only people you do retain are the ones who can't do their jobs.

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    Research. Find some common factors in the quits & terminations and address them. Turnover is a symptom of another issue.

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    top down and bottom up. make sure the organization conveys their goals, mission, and vision, and make sure everyone hears and sees it regularly in operations and behaviors. The culture will form as a normative behavior only if it is consistently performed and witnessed.

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    Diagnose your turnover issue