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Employee Retention

Retaining good employees is essential to a sustainable first-rate utility workforce. Here are some resources to help develop, maintain, and retain the knowledge and talent needed for a successful operation.

 

Articles from Journal AWWA:

Eight Habits of the Heart: Values that Build Strong Communities--and Strong Organizations
September 2009

Keeping the Experienced Generation
August 2008

 

Papers from WEF/AWWA Utility Management Conference (previously known as Joint Management Conference):

Mentoring: Investing in Human Capital
Joint Management Conference 2004

Knowledge Management for Public Utilities: A Strategic Approach for Retention of Intellectual Capital
Joint Management Conference 2004

 

WEF Utility Executive Article:

What Are You Doing Now to Ensure Knowledge Retention?
Published July/August 2007

 

WEF WE&T Articles:

Only One Chance to Make a Good First Impression
January 2012

Nurturing Future O&M Leaders
August 2006

Trading Places and Transferring Knowledge
October 2005  

 

WEFTEC Proceedings:

Career Ladders for Maintenance Professionals
WEFTEC 2009

Preparing and Retaining Tomorrow’s Leaders
WEFTEC 2008

AwwaRF’s Leading Research Report on New Methods to Recruit, Develop and Retain Employees to Your Organization!
WEFTEC 2008

Employee Retention: Why Pushing the Baby Birds from the Nest Brings Them Flying Back Home
WEFTEC 2008

A Knowledge Retention Strategy for the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation
WEFTEC 2007 

Developing a Knowledge Retention Strategy Now Saves Valuable Organizational Resources Later
WEFTEC 2007 

Talent Retention is a Key Driver to Workforce Development
WEFTEC 2007