Exceptional employees are essential to your business success, ensuring that you keep your clients and have them continue to return as customers. When you have those types of people working for you, it’s important to keep them as members of your team. Here are some tips to do so.
Provide advancement opportunities
It is important to keep your best employees engaged, giving them the opportunity to try new experiences and utilize different skills. In an effort to keep thing fresh, provide the chance to gain proficiency in another area, work in a different part of the business, enhance their business relationships. It is important to regularly communicate with your best employees regarding promotion opportunities, compensation increases, and their employment goals.
Acknowledge good work
There has likely been a situation in your work career when you went the extra mile, produced at a high level, and weren’t recognized for your efforts. That didn’t feel good, did it? According to a 2018 Cision/PR Newswire study, “62 percent of workers blame insufficient recognition for getting demotivated, turning even the happiest employees into ones who begin to question their role at a company.” Showing gratitude to employees, in both group and private settings, for a job well done will make them more content and encourage them to continuing performing at a high level. While verbal rewards are important, it is also necessary to show appreciation in tangible ways: an award, bonus, or raise.
Emphasize flexibility
With more staff working from home and others working non-traditional hours, it is necessary to offer your employees the flexibility they need to balance work and family life in order to keep them a part of your team. Another 2018 Cision/PR Newswire study indicated 80 percent of workers would choose a job with a flexible schedule over one without, while a 2019 Flexjobs survey showed 30 percent of respondents had left a job because the company didn’t offer flexible work options. By adopting a flexible work standard, you will retain your top talent.
Create a strong, fair work atmosphere
There is a line of thought that people don’t leave a job, they leave the work environment and people they’re working with behind. It’s imperative that your work setting, whether in the office or when working remotely, is healthy and equitable, maintaining and enforcing the policies that are in place.
Keeping your best employees is more than big salaries and an office workout area. By utilizing these tactics, not only will you maintain your best staff members, but others with similar traits will want to be part of your team.