The Pennsylvania RV and Camping Association (PRVCA) hosted its third annual leadership conference through a virtual setting, featuring educational seminars from Gabrielle Bosche, author of The Millennial Solution, and others.
The No. 1 reason people quit their job is their manager, according to Bosche, who shared her hiring and retention expertise during the 2022 PRVCA Leadership Conference on Jan. 19.
The Department of Labor reported 4.5 million people quit their jobs last November and that trend is continuing in 2022. As employers face “The Great Resignation,” Bosche explained managers are the gatekeeper to retaining employees. Often, the employer does not train the manager properly and create a culture where people want to stay.
“You want to have regular feedback in place for your employees,” Bosche said, “so that you can effectively measure why employees leave and why they stay.”
She told conference attendees that many times, employers ask for feedback once the employee is out the door and has broken ties with the company. At that point, employees are not going to give accurate feedback.
“You want to have those conversations with them before they put in their two weeks,” Bosche said. “That way, by the time they do sit down and say ‘I am separating from you as an employer,’ you have the data in place so you can confirm that is actually what they are saying.”
Also at the conference, Winnebago Industries Vice President of Corporate Responsibility Katie Friesz spoke about the company’s corporate responsibility and mission.
Winnebago, a $4 billion company, has 7,200 employees working from Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and Florida.
