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For IDD Providers: Tired of the revolving door of staff? Join host Nate Beers as he and other industry leaders share loads of actionable advice on how you can retain and grow your DSP workforce. Just because there's a nationwide DSP workforce crisis doesn't mean that your organization has to churn through staff. Listen to innovative solutions to increase your staff retention and give your organization a competitive advantage so that at the end of the day you provide the best quality care for those you serve.
More effective supervisors. Stronger workforce. Lower turnover.
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Ep. 85 - The Retention Strategy Most CEOs Haven't Tried w/ G.N. Janes
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Most organizations find out a frontline supervisor is struggling the same way they find out an employee is leaving — too late.
G.N. Janes, CEO of Valley Community Services, spent the last decade trying to change that. What started as a wild guess about where the real problem lived — the frontline supervisor level — became a full data infrastructure with weighted dashboards, engagement surveys, and predictive analytics built to catch problems before they become crises.
In Part 1 of this conversation, G.N. breaks down exactly how the system works: what they track, why scheduling and onboarding turned out to be the two biggest hidden drivers of turnover, and what any organization can do tomorrow with just a spreadsheet and tenure data.
If your organization is still managing turnover reactively, this episode is your playbook for what comes next.
🔗 Learn more about Valley Community Services: valleycommunityservices.org
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – When promoting your best DSP backfires
01:06 – What if you could predict your staffing future?
02:22 – The early warning system for frontline supervisors
04:20 – From Navy translator to IDD CEO
07:29 – Why frontline supervisors became the focus
08:56 – Inside the FLS dashboard: what they actually measure
11:38 – The two biggest hidden drivers of DSP turnover
16:33 – Did it actually work? Real results before COVID
18:47 – The Gallup engagement survey (and why follow-through is everything)
24:53 – The 2.5-year disengagement dip nobody talks about
29:16 – The one metric every org should baseline tomorrow
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