By Kristen Brady
The majority of companies aren’t startups, and even
amongst the ones which are, most won’t have IPOs which make the founding talent
rich. Many businesses just have staff, which it pays. Therefore, this vesting
period often isn’t a problem. Talent, instead, is poached by social networks or
recruiters or, heck, talent will take the initiative to discover something better.
It’ll happen all year long, each year.
Guess what? As our economy picks up, this process too,
will speed up.
Money always will be a factor for some individuals,
and no matter what you attempt, some of the most talented performers are going
to leave for a better offer financially. You probably can provide someone a 20
percent increase in pay to keep them; you more than likely can’t offer them a
repeat amount of IPO riches.
However, for the majority of us, money only begins the
conversation. It’ll absolutely get our attention. Offer someone too little, and
they’ll take it as a slap in the face, or even that you are not serious. You
will not get that initial interview.
However, there are so many more critical reasons to
want to be employed with a company, and even more to remain with one that we
have grown to love!
Team leaders, CEOs, and all people in between: if your
employees do not love your company after 4 years of employment (or 4 months, or
4 quarters…), that is on you.
Does your company have the pick of the employee
litter? Are your top employees dying to remain on board? If the answer is no,
it is not that they are ungrateful, and it is not that your competition is
luring them away. It is that, as a leader, you suck.
Act like every employee is a volunteer. Because
basically, they are.
Leading
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About the Author:
Kristen Brady is the
founder and owner of Kaboom Social
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