What Keeps You Around?

Lack of career progress

Lack of compensation increase

Lack of job security

Lack of trust in leadership

While the second and third items may be difficult for companies to address in today’s economic climate, there is room for action on items 1 & 4. In fact by addressing career options with employees and anticipating what may happen to opportunities as the economy strengthens companies may be able to take care of 2 birds with 1 stone in that employees will feel better about their leaders if they communicate honestly about career options and provide development experiences to help them achieve their work goals. There is a lot of things that leaders must do in their organization to keep things running smoothly but nothing is more important than insuring that you have the best people working for you who are engaged in what they are doing. Paying attention to small things like communicating frequently, telling the truth and helping people achieve their career goals can go a long way to helping employees feel good about their career and work]]>