Weekly Posts and Insights
We Hire on Resumes, We Retain Through Relationships: Becoming an "Employer of Choice" on a Limited Budget
In this post, I reflect on my panel presentation where I shared practical, low-cost strategies for becoming an employer of choice through trust, leadership flexibility, and purposeful engagement. I emphasized that retention is driven by relationships—not resumes—and introduces frameworks like CAMP motivation, Greenthumb Leadership, and belief-behavior conversations.
Leadership Growth Lattice in Action: How LinkedIn Embraced Holistic Employee Development to Drive Retention and Innovation
Discover how LinkedIn transformed employee growth and retention with the Leadership Growth Lattice, a modern alternative to traditional career ladders. By encouraging skill development, cross-functional teamwork, mentorship, volunteerism, and alignment with personal life goals, LinkedIn fostered a culture of continuous learning and flexibility. This holistic approach empowered employees, reduced turnover, and fueled innovation, positioning LinkedIn as a top employer in the competitive tech industry.
The C.A.M.P. Model In Action: How Google Applied This Theory to Drive Employee Motivation and Innovation
As Google grew, it faced the challenge of keeping its talented workforce consistently motivated. Financial incentives alone weren’t enough to maintain the high levels of innovation and employee satisfaction required to stay ahead in the competitive tech industry. Google’s leadership recognized the need to focus on intrinsic motivators—those elements that drive long-term engagement and fulfillment beyond salary and perks.
Millennials with Matt Episode 8: The Right and Wrong Way To Empower Millennials
So often we move right to empowerment of employees, when we really be thinking about how do we carefully hand over duties and responsibilities at a healthy rate (much like handing over the keys to a new driver). Matt Harrington, generations specialist, talks in this video about the right and wrong way to empower the Millennial generation
Millennials with Matt Episode 2: Motivating Millennials with C.A.M.P.
With budgets so tight and little mobility in organizations to move right up the career later, C.A.M.P. (Competency, Autonomy, Meaningfulness, Progress) is a great way to add intrinsic motivators to an organization's culture and a Millennial's career.