Eight Ways Out

It's been said that employees don't leave bad companies, they leave bad leaders. If you've had an employee leave because they were offered a huge compensation increase (often by a much larger company) that you couldn't match, you may be wondering if that adage is always true. It may be that some offers are irresistible but that doesn't mean that other key players you've lost couldn't have been retained. The real question is: were you actually (and unintentionally) inviting them to leave you?

Click here to check out this short checklist from HBR which suggests that you evaluate your employee retention program by looking in the mirror and asking yourself if you're doing one of the 8 Things Leaders Do That Make Employees Quit.