Plant the Seeds for Knowledge Transfer

Imagine the shock for a company's leaders upon discovering that nearly 25 percent of their workforce faced a critical-to-high risk of attrition due to impending retirement. And, by the way, more than 30 percent of employees had recently joined the company. That was the reality for one of our clients, and the situation created an opportunity to discuss how the work our organization development team did to capture institutional knowledge, current processes, and cultural artifacts could aid the company in making better decisions about hiring, promotion, and motivation.