Strategic staff development has a direct correlation with improved organizational results and opportunity.

In a LinkedIn Learning Workplace Learning Report, 94% of workers indicate they would remain at an organization for longer if the organization was investing in their learning and development (source).

For a health organization who report on struggling to find quality talent, this means:

• Lower costs to hire new staff as the average is cost to hire is $4700 - $28,000+ (Source)
• Less disruptions to program delivery or patient care, since experienced staff are already familiar with protocols, systems, and community needs.
• Higher retention of Institutional Knowledge, which is critical in maintaining compliance and continuity in healthcare and public health services.

A survey by Gallup found that companies that invest in employee growth experience:

• 64% fewer accidents
  Investing in quality talent and leadership development can also result in fewer errors and incidents. This directly translates into improved patient outcomes, safer care settings, and fewer compliance risks, which ultimately bolsters the trust of the served.

• 23% boost in profitability
  Keeping the best talent ensures more stable performance and reduced turnover expenses. This leads to enhanced service effectiveness, increased productivity, and better financial security for your organization, allowing you to reinvest in imperative health programs and activities.

• 10% increase in loyalty
  An effectively trained, stable staff develops closer connections with community partners and individuals using health programs. This translates to greater trust and participation and higher retention rates for your services and long-term community change.

Well-tailored and multimodal training isn't an expense — it's a cost-saving and investment that yields quantifiable organizational performance benefiting internal and external stakeholders and the community long term.

We understand that without quality and tailored training, turnover for public health agencies will continue to equate to a loss of devastating proportions in community continuity and provision of services.

That is why Jenkins Public Health Consulting®️ customizes consulting and interactive experiences, leaving your team enegized and with an action plan that yields results fast.

The decentralized structure of public health systems allows that even the loss of one experienced worker can delay projects by months and lose hundreds of thousands in funding from strategic partners who see your capacity is limited.

Investing in quality, ongoing training, leadership development, and staff support systems can drastically lower attrition — and save or bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Strategic investment in your team is about more than skill-building. It lays the groundwork for:

1. Leadership Growth Opportunities

• Internal Hiring Costs: Promoting from within is far more cost-effective, requiring only minimal time for application review and interviews.
• External Hiring Costs: Recruiting externally is more expensive due to job ads, recruiter fees, and longer onboarding. These costs add up quickly with multiple interview rounds and training (Source).
  ⭐ FACT: A Center for Creative Leadership study discovered that organizations with healthy internal leadership pipelines were 2.4 times more likely to achieve their performance goals (source).

2. Innovation and Flexibility

Empowered employees are likely to provide fresh ideas and innovate – not just another boring opportunity to click through and on-demand training that wasn’t tailored or meeting deeper needs. This is particularly vital in public health, where flexibility, skill, and interactive training for total recall (accurately retrieve stored information) can be a matter of life and death of those we aim to serve.

3. Better Morale and Retention

Teams that feel heard and supported are more productive. Employees are 5x more likely to stay with organizations that invest in their development and well-being, says McKinsey & Company.

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