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Set your employees up for success
The point of a manager is to set your employees up for success. If you are an excellent manager, it means that your people will grow out of their current role and be promoted or take a job elsewhere.
To make employee departures a cause for celebration, we need to see them as whole people on their own journeys.
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Clarify expectations early and often
Many departures of employees happen when expectations aren't met.
Managers should clarify their expectations of the employee often, such as meeting deadlines or response time to client communication. Employees should also communicate their expectations of ...
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Jobs are seasons
And seasons change. When companies react negatively to an employee leaving or take it personally, they do a disservice to that person's work and makes the end of that season seem like a failure instead of an exciting step forward.
Companies have to normali...
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Employee departures are common
Millions of people voluntarily leave a job every month, we still consider it taboo.
Many companies still think that employees will stay for 10, 20, or 30 years if they take care of their employees. But it is a myth. Today's workforce doesn't just show up to pay the...
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Talk about the future
To help normalise departures, establish transparency around the employees' career goals in relation to the organisation's goals.
When a manager regularly zooms out and look at the big picture of what the business needs from the employee and where the employee wants to go i...
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Set Clear Boundaries
While flexibility is great, it’s crucial that distributed teams don’t feel they’re expected to work all the time. Managers should set defined office hours and stick to them—that means not pinging people after (for example) 5pm unless it’s a true, genuine emergency.
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Can Employees do What They do Best Everyday?
Having employees perform tasks they are not well-suited for often results in waste.
Teach your managers to build strengths and tap into other resources when skills are needed that may not be readily available in the current staff. Encourage your managers to listen when an employee ex...
Ask your employees questions
Do you know what makes your current employees happy? Do you know what makes them miserable? If you can’t, you may find yourself struggling to hold onto good people.
You need to know what your employees want and need before you develop your training and development programs...
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