5 Reasons You Will Keep Losing Your Best Staff!.

            

1) Stop Making Crazy Rules: Companies need to have rules, but these rules don’t have to be shortsighted and lazy attempts at creating order. Whether it’s an over zealous attendance policy or taking employees’ frequent flier miles, even a couple of unnecessary rules can drive people crazy. When good employees feel like big brother is watching, they’ll find someplace else to work.

2) Stop Treating All Staff Equally: This may sound crazy, but its a fact about why good staff go. this can only work with school children, the workplace ought to function differently. Treating everyone equally shows your top performers that no matter how high they perform (and, typically, top performers are work horses), they will be treated the same as the non/less performing staff who does nothing more than punch the clock.

3) Stop Tolerating Poor Performance: "No matter how great some members may be, everyone still hears the worst player". The same goes for a company. When you permit weak links to exist without consequence, they drag everyone else down, especially your top performers. This often happens when managers lack the intelligence to address performance issues head on.

4) Stop Over-looking accomplishments. A pat on the back may look simple, but the power and effect cannot be over-estimated. especially with top performers who are intrinsically motivated. Everyone likes kudos, none more so than those who work hard and give their all. Rewarding individual accomplishments shows that you’re paying attention. Managers need to communicate with their people to find out what makes them feel good (for some, it’s a raise; for others, it’s public recognition) and then to reward them for a job well done. With top performers, this will happen often if you’re doing it right.

5) Stop Killing the pursuit for their Passion: Talented employees are passionate. Providing opportunities for them to pursue their passions improves their productivity and job satisfaction, but many managers want people to work within a little box. These managers fear that productivity will decline if they let people expand their focus and pursue their passions. This fear is unfounded. Studies have shown that people who are able to pursue their passions at work experience flow, a euphoric state of mind that is five times more productive than the norm.

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