High Turnover of Consultants: Motivational Factors and Strategies for Improvement

Running head: HIGH TURNOVER OF CONSULTANTS
HIGH TURNOVER OF CONSULTANTS
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Executive Summary
Employee engagement refers to the relationship between the employees and the
organization. An employee who is engaged feels enthusiastic and good about their work and
therefore takes pride in their work and also help in improving the reputation of the organisation.
According to the equity theory of motivation whenever the employees feel that they are not
being treated fairly they change their actions accordingly. The company XYZ Training
consultant is the company chosen for the purpose of this study. This company is presently facing
the same problems of demotivation and high attrition rates of training consultants. The main aim
of the paper is discuss about the various motivational factors that are presently missing in the
company and to recommend some strategies that can immediately be carried out by the
company. The paper will discuss about various motivational theories, analyse all the major
motivational factors, reasons for poor leadership and recommendations of strategies for
improving the employee engagement.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Application of employee engagement theories for identification and discussion on the elements
that existed in the old organizational environment and which all elements are removed in the new
environment under Fiona’s Leadership...........................................................................................4
Explanation and analysis of the training consultant’s behaviour using organizational justice and
equity theory of motivation.............................................................................................................6
Reflection on instances where Fiona’s leadership may not be suitable...........................................8
Immediate changes that should be made by Fiona to improve the staff engagement and
motivation at XYZ.........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Employee engagement refers to the relationship between the employees and the
organization and also refers to the level of commitment that the employees feel towards the
organization. It also includes the way employees behave on the basis of their engagement with
the organization. For instance an engaged employee will feel god about their job and therefore
they can help in improving the goodwill of the organization (Aguenza and Som 2018). The
equitable theory of motivation discusses about the distribution of all the resources between the
various concerned parties and measures the ratio of contribution and benefits so derived by each
of them. The company chosen for the purpose of this study XYZ Training consultancy. The
company under study is being faced by the same problems of high attrition rates of the training
consultants because of lack of motivation and other employee engagement activities in the
organization (Albrecht et al. 2015). The main aim of the paper is to discuss about the importance
of employee engagement activities and equity motivation al theories to ensure fair and equitable
treatment of the employees. The paper discusses about all those motivational elements that are
missing in the company, the theory of equitable motivation in the organization, discussion on
reasons for unsuitable leadership style in the organization and the paper will also discuss about
all those strategies that can be immediately used by the leader to improve employees
engagement.