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Employee Attachment

Creating The Essential Bonds With Your NewEmployees Which Drive Retention & Performance

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Organisations

Need A DeeperUnderstanding OfThe Umbrella Term“Engagement”

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Stages Of Engagement

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What Is Attachment

The strength of bond achieved during the critical bonding period at the beginning of the relationship between an individual and 

the social entity they have joined.

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Attachment Theory

Filial bonding

Early childhood development

 Adult social interaction

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Key Perceptions Formed

Security

Trust & ValueAcceptance

Belonging

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Response Behaviours

Risk of Attrition

Discretionary Effort & Performance

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What Drives Attrition In First 18 Months

Right person in the wrong job – Poor Job Definition

Wrong person in the right job – Poor Recruitment

Right person in the right job – Poor Attachment

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1. When does your business make adetermination of the capability & fitof your new employee?

2. What are the direct and indirect

costs you incur in achieving this?3. Based on average profitcontribution per employee perweek or month – how long does ittake to pay this back?

4. This is your Return On Investmentor Break-even date.

The Business Case For

Attachment

•Position Review•Advertising

•Agency Fees•Interviews•Profiling•Testing•Reference Checking•Contracts•Administration•Resources•Training

•Salary while learning

•Lost Productivity•Lost Opportunity•Suppressed TeamEngagement &Performance

$100,000 AUD12-18 months

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Self Audit

What is your attrition rate in the first18 months of tenure? Before andafter 90 days.

Is your on-boarding & induction onlyaddressing competency? What do your managers believe is

their role in Attaching their newemployees?

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Attachment Research Outcomes

Critical Attachment Period for New Employees is First 120Days 80% of the Attachment Perceptions formed in this time aredirectly impacted by the Primary Carer – Direct Manager20 Core and common Attachment Drivers First valid point of measurement is 90th Day Attachment remains constant between 90-120 days if nosignificant behavioural change occurs by the manager High Attachment = Low risk of attrition + High discretionary

effort & performance Moderate Attachment = Moderate risk of attrition +Moderate discretionary Effort & Performance Low Attachment = Variable risk of attrition + Lowdiscretionary effort & performance

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Opportunity:

Measure & Manage Attachment

Rather than leave attachment to

chance – What if you couldmeasure Attachmentperceptions and work tostrengthen them before the end

of the Critical AttachmentPeriod?

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Measuring AttachmentUsing The EAI

Note: Over 60% of managersinaccurately estimate the Attachmentlevels of their new employees

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