The incorporation of people and communication centric processes will not only improve your retention rates but also, change the perception of your organization. Building a holistic and comprehensive retention program requires time, patience, and innovative people management skills. Build communication and trust will follow soon thereafter.

 

What you say, should be heard!

 

• Effective communication about policies, procedures, safety rules and other important information on gender diversity should be designed to overcome language and cultural barriers

• Creating a safe environment that encourages reporting of any instances of inappropriate behaviour by co-workers by establishing a formal complaint policy

• Listen and participate in any efforts made to spearhead a diversity and inclusion initiative 

• Foster open, candid conversations with and among your colleagues

• Open dialog sessions to explore and analyse, ideas in alignment with the business and topics such as gender, emotional intelligence, ethics, etc

• Spend time and resources in conducting focus group discussions with employees to learn about the issues they care about, motivations, and frustrations

• Promote the branding of females in the top management to encourage young to mid-level managers to take up leadership positions