Leadership Succession Planning - Recruiting and Retention Strategies

The recruitment and retention of top talent are essential to building business value, sustaining business performance, implementing strategic plans, and consequently, the achievement of your succession goals.

Over 5 episodes, Champ Rawls, a succession planne r with The Rawls Group, and Suzanne Malo, Director of DHG search discuss various innovative recruiting and retention strategies to land top talent. Topics include:

Landing the Rockstar Who Is Worth More than the Offer
Attracting Top Talent with Innovative Incentives
Developing From Within Versus Recruiting from the Outside
Keys to Recruiting Post Pandemic
Secrets for Recruiting the Best Talent

This is one of many topics discussed in our Advancing Your Business, People and Legacy Podcast. For additional topics visit our Succession Podcast page.

Episode 1: Landing the Rockstar Whose Worth More than “The Offer

Episode 1: Landing the Rockstar Whose Worth More than “The Offer

2021-07-16T13:31:03-05:00By Champ Rawls|Advisor Collaboration, Automotive, Innovative Recruiting and Retention Strategies, Succession Blog, Succession Video Discussions|

Recruiting and retaining the best talent for your organization does not necessarily revolve around the compensation package itself. Employers need to be strategic and innovative in building packages that motivate the candidate to consider the offer. Considering things outside of the salary and bonus norm and communicating is critical. In [...]

Episode 2: Attracting Top Talent With Innovative Incentives

Episode 2: Attracting Top Talent With Innovative Incentives

2021-07-16T13:32:59-05:00By Champ Rawls|Advisor Collaboration, Automotive, Innovative Recruiting and Retention Strategies, Succession Video Discussions|

When it comes to creating compensation packages to recruit key talent, thinking out of the box is essential. The competition for top talent is extremely high and salary/bonuses are not always the deal winner. Dealers are not just competing with other dealers for talent; they are also competing with employers [...]

Episode 3: Developing From Within Vs Recruiting Outside

Episode 3: Developing From Within Vs Recruiting Outside

2021-07-16T13:34:18-05:00By Champ Rawls|Advisor Collaboration, Automotive, Innovative Recruiting and Retention Strategies, Succession Video Discussions|

As we talk with dealers across the country, recruiting is a high priority; everyone is looking for talent. We are often asked, is it better to develop from within (internally recruit) or look to the outside (externally recruit). And our answer is, it depends on your situation. I know, probably not [...]

Episode 4: Keys to Recruiting Post Pandemic

Episode 4: Keys to Recruiting Post Pandemic

2021-10-11T12:13:55-05:00By Champ Rawls|Advisor Collaboration, Automotive, Innovative Recruiting and Retention Strategies, Succession Video Discussions|

2020 and so far in 2021, has forced us all to think differently as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. We all were forced to operate differently from our norm, which results in changing perspectives. Employees' and customers' mindsets have changed which means it is essential for leaders and owners [...]

Episode 5: Secrets for Landing the Best Talent

Episode 5: Secrets for Landing the Best Talent

2021-07-16T14:00:19-05:00By Champ Rawls|Advisor Collaboration, Automotive, Innovative Recruiting and Retention Strategies, Succession Blog, Succession Video Discussions|

As it relates to recruitment, you can’t believe everything thing everyone is selling, the people you are interviewing sell cars for a living; so they can certainly sell themselves. In this episode of the " Innovative Recruiting and Retention Strategies to Land Top Talent" discussion series The Rawls Group's succession [...]