How To Keep Your Best People

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‘A job posting is often the first introduction to your company for your potential employee. Make sure you accurately present the elements of the job that are most interesting and meaningful to the candidate, including salary, benefits, responsibilities, and expectations.’

‘Look beyond ‘Can the person do the job’ and consider ‘Do I want to spend my days working with this person?’

‘When you show a candidate that you believe in their talent, ability, and future success, you give them the confidence to believe it themselves and then work to make it a reality.’

‘Promoting their commitment to your organization publicly celebrates the new hire and builds broader interest in your enterprise.’

‘Celebrating the commitment of a new hire not only creates a meaningful memory for the employee-to-be, but it also shines a spot light on your organization and your industry.’

‘Make sure you don’t disappear in the traditionally quiet period between a candidate accepting a job offer and showing up for their first day of employment.’

‘Think about the space your new employee will occupy when working your team and take the time to make it special and personalized.’

‘If you want your new hire to turn into veteran employees, you need to help them win during their first day on the job.’

‘Giving your people time to recharge before they jump into a new position with you is almost always the right choice.’

‘One of the fastest ways to connect new employees to their coworkers is to assign their first buddy in the organization.’

‘Every employee has coworkers. Not every employee has colleagues.’

Source:

Joey Coleman (2023). Never Lose an Employee Again: The Simple Path to Remarkable Retention

Turning Excuses Into Results

Here is the good news: ‘You are the Source of Your Suffering- and That’s the Good News.’

Choose to be happy. ‘Happiness is not correlated to perfect circumstances or a lack of stress in your life, but to the amount of personal accountability you accept.’

Ask yourself, ‘What am I missing?’ Because ‘what is missing from a situation is that which you are not giving.’

Do not feed your ego. ‘A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul of a leader.’

Stay away from micromanaging people. ‘If you feel you have to over-manage or micromanage, it is because you are under-leading.’

Stop hiring and promoting the wrong people. ‘You will have problem employees for as long as you continue to hire them and put up with them.’

Take action. ‘It is nearly always action– not opinion- that adds the most value.’

Always do what you say you are going to do. Because ‘clarity is the source– not the product- of a highly efficient and successful team.’

‘Trust is a choice.’

Source:

Cy Wakeman (2010). Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, & Turn Excuses Into Results