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          Mistakes that Give Your Employees Reason To Leave
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          employee.                                                             Bad managers have the
                                           them a new one to tackle.
                                                                                attitude that if somebody
          2. You aren't training           4. You aren't respecting             is getting paid, doing a
          enough                           their time                           great job is an
          A star employee didn't           While this is true of any            expectation—not
          get that way by accident.                                             something special.
                                           employee, it quickly
          They love to learn and           becomes a problem with               Everybody should come
          they want to be a little         great employees, often               to work to do a great job
          better each day. What                                                 but if you aren't the
                                           without you realizing.
          does that mean for you?          Because they're reliable,            complimenting type,
          Constantly give them                                                  you're likely to have
                                           they're the first people you
          opportunities to train.          call on to take care of              higher employee
          Send them to                     important tasks but you              turnover.
          conferences, pay for a
                                           can't overload them.
          new certification, or                                                 Everybody likes a
          connect them with                                                     compliment. At home,
                                           Respect their job                    from friends, on
                                           description. Let them
                                           know that you expect them            Facebook, and by their
                                                                                boss, public recognition
                                           to put their family first
                                                                                makes people smile and
                                           and want them to tell you
                                           if they feel overloaded. Be          lets them know that you
                                                                                care.
                                           careful not to burn them
                                           out.
                                                                                7. You don't ask for
                                                                                enough feedback
                                           5. You make them work
          somebody you know in                                                  Your great employees
          the industry.                    9-5                                  have a wealth of ideas. If
                                           We live in a connected
          Is there a chance that                                                you aren't asking for
          you'll invest heavily into       world. In most businesses,           them, you're missing out
          them and they'll take all        employees can do a                   on something that could
                                           portion of their work from
          of that knowledge to
          another company? Yes,            just about anywhere. Star
                                           employees who have
          but it's a chance worth
                                           gained your trust can work
          taking.
                                           anywhere, anytime they
                                           would like so let them
          3. You aren't
                                           make their schedule.
          challenging enough
          As they receive the              Sure, there will be
          training, they're eager to       meetings and other
          put it to work. They
                                           scheduled events they
          aren't happy coming to           must attend (and they
          work and doing the same          understand that) but
          job every day. As a
                                           outside of that, judge their
          manager, you should              performance instead of the
          constantly look for a new        amount of time they spend
          way to challenge them.           at their desk.                       transform your business.
          Adding more work isn't
          the answer. As they                                                   But more importantly,
          solve a problem, give            6. You don't praise                  ask them how they feel
                                           enough                               about their job and
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