Fiona Dewar brings 35 years of hands-on HR and leadership experience to this course. She's helped organisations struggling with high turnover, built retention strategies from the ground up, and coached leaders on how to keep top talent engaged and thriving. The tools and approaches you’ll learn come from real stories, real challenges, and real results - tested in the workplace, not lifted from textbooks.

Retaining Leadership Talent

Retaining Leadership Talent
This course is part of Leadership Psychology: Motivation, Resilience & Well-Being Specialization


Instructors: Chris Croft
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What you'll learn
Building a culture of growth, connection, and belonging that keeps people committed and engaged.
Spotting early signs of disengagement and addressing them before turnover starts. Increasing talent retention long term.
Understanding why retention matters — and the true cost of losing top performers. Then gaining practical tools to reduce employee turnover.
Skills you'll gain
- Talent Pipelining
- Human Resources Management and Planning
- Employee Relations
- Human Resource Management
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement
- Communication
- Motivational Interviewing
- Management Training And Development
- Human Resource Strategy
- Employee Training
- Talent Acquisition
- Employee Retention
- Employee Performance Management
- Workforce Development
- Employee Coaching
- Human Resources
- Interviewing Skills
- Corporate Communications
- Recognizing Others
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