While it’s something all executives dread, having valued member of the team suddenly quit on you is practically a rite of passage. Once you’ve dealt with the immediate difficulties presented by filling a key space in your organizational chart, it’s important to figure out why you’re now ex-employee chose to leave the company.
As this Business Insider piece insightfully lays out, it’s more than likely your fault even if their abrupt exit with something you never wanted or saw coming.
To start, the article discusses one of the most common causes of employee disengagement, they’ve gone above and beyond the call of duty time and time again without any kind of meaningful recognition. Many executives fall into the trap of believing that because they show their appreciation for their employees in the form of extra financial remuneration, they don’t need to acknowledge their exceptional efforts on a personal level.
The fact is, doing something as simple as publicly thanking a member of your staff for putting in a town of extra hours that led to the landing of an important account can mean a lot more than adding a few more zeros to their annual bonus. Click the link below to learn how you may be unintentionally pushing away your A+ players.
Read the full article here: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-your-best-employees-are-quitting-2016-6
