.. or, “How to react when they try to leave.”
I look at working with employees the same way I look at building my company. If I build a great company someone is going to want to buy it. If I have great employees who work hard, do well and grow professionally, someone will eventually want to come along and “buy” them too…when that good opportunity comes along they should privately pursue and let me know how I can help (and I conclude with, “Just give me a chance to beat the offer.”).
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As an employee this sounds like a great boss/company to work for, but I’m not a business owner nor have I been a department manager, so I cannot really say what I’d do if I were in their shoes. I mean, will I really be ‘happy’ to see my best people go? (‘course not.) I understand the challenge for me is to create a working environment that attracts – and keeps! – great people, but what about loyalty?
Again, can’t say what I’d actually do when faced with this situation. But I’d like to believe that I’d be the type to strive to create a great work environment that needs no ‘clauses’ to keep great people.