Cvent Survey

The Grand Island Independent recently published the results of a survey conducted at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Some of their key findings? Mentors not only help retain staff, but also increases the quality and quantity of job performance in the workplace.

Approximately one-third of all St. Francis' employees have a mentor, an unusually large number for any organization. Mentors were most likely to be an employee's direct supervisor, and were most effective for new-to-the-job employees.

What do these results mean?  In these tough economic times, utilizing the benefits of mentor-mentee relationships is a great way to improve employee retention programs through decreasing staff turnover, increasing job security and grooming more staff for leadership positions, all huge cost-savers for an organization.

Perhaps most important for both employees and their companies, having mentors in the workplace can help everyone learn to do their job better.  In other words, an increase in workplace performance.

Find out what's working well for your organization, and what may not be working by following in the footsteps of St. Francis Medical Center. Learning more about your business research needs.