How to keep the best people?
1. Stay engaged - keep lines of communication open with regular, consistent, weekly 1:1s.
2. Be curious - find out what engages them by simply asking "what enables you to bring your best self to work? What drives and motivates you?" Just ask.
3. Take action - once you know what drives your employees, create a plan and act on it. Having an agreed upon plan with your employees makes a difference. It's never foolproof of course, but the odds of you being aware of potential issues and being able to solve them proactively is higher with a plan in place.
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Interesting observation about how valuable team members react to unhappiness in the work place and how to prevent it. Liked the "just ask" part of the process of mediation.
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