Richard Finnegan: 7 books

Employee engagement matters in a company. That is indisputable. And love it or hate it, still the best way to calculate just how engaged your company’s employees are, is the under-utilized employee engagement survey. But this shouldn’t just be busy work, nor should it be underestimated how important...

Of all the obstacles and surprises managers know are heading their way each day, the one they least anticipate and prepare for is the resignation of a seemingly happy and extremely valued employee. It’s the cement truck they never saw coming their way--but they could have.This invaluable resource...

An Updated Classic for Reducing Turnover and Improving Engagement. For decades organizations have struggled to better engage and retain their best employees. Retention expert Richard Finnegan proposes a proven and proactive approach, the Stay Interview: an easy-to-use tool to uncover, anticipate,...

Challenging the perceived value of traditional employee surveys and exit interviews, this guide explores the practical value of the stay interview, a preventive tool in employee retention that proactively addresses potential issues that affect workplace morale and potential loss of staff. Organizations...

Nothing HR does contributes more to productivity than improving engagement and retention. Employees stay or leave – and engage or disengage – primarily based on their relationship with their manager. And that means their direct supervisor, the one they connect with – or don’t connect with...

Keep the workers you want - in good times and bad. How do organizations keep the workers they want? Until now, employee retention strategies have been based on instincts rather than research. With no firm body of knowledge to use as a guide, employee turnover has been a problem for all organizations....

This book examines a number of different interpretations and explanations in the context of historical change, as the Irish grappled with the questions of political independence, economic autonomy, the decline of provincialism, the rise of pluralism, and the unsolved conundrum of Irish nationhood.