PPB May 2020

Empower Your People To Thrive Your business succeeds when your employees succeed. Build a workplace that engages employees and empowers them to flourish. SECOND IN A THREE-PART SERIES By Julie Kwan T he employee lifecycle encompasses the various stages of a person’s journey with an organization, from learning about it and joining it to thriving in it and separating from it. Many models of the employee lifecycle exist—some include four stages, others include six or more. In general, stages of the employee lifecycle can include attraction, recruitment, onboarding, development, retention and separation. Attraction focuses on your company’s reputation, image or brand as perceived by employees, the local community and the market. Recruitment includes your company’s efforts to source and recruit new talent into the organization. Onboarding introduces new hires into the organization, orienting them to their role and the values, goals, norms and performance expectations of the organization. Development consists of your company’s continuous support of training to create skilled employees and provide career development. Retention involves your company’s efforts to ensure employees are satisfied and challenged. Separation encompasses your company’s approach to an employee’s exit from the organization, whether voluntary or involuntary, including mitigation of disruption to remaining employees. Attract Recruit Train Sustain Focus on the ARTS to: FEATURE | Diversity 16 | MAY 2020 |