{"id":13683,"date":"2014-06-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2014\/06\/10\/you-hired-them-now-keep-them-how-to-keep-your-best-employees\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T15:00:00","slug":"you-hired-them-now-keep-them-how-to-keep-your-best-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/you-hired-them-now-keep-them-how-to-keep-your-best-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"You Hired Them, Now Keep Them: How to Keep Your Best Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/silhouettes-81830_640.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3304\" alt=\"silhouettes-81830_640\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/silhouettes-81830_640.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Hiring is probably the biggest headache a business has, regardless of its size. Finding qualified people who fit your company\u2019s lifestyle and ethics is not an easy task. Even harder, once you\u2019ve found them, how do you keep them happy and loyal, instead of working with one foot already out of the door? Here are some suggestions on how to keep your best people happy:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Them They\u2019re Valued<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No one likes to feel unappreciated. If your staff member is going above and beyond the call of duty for you, let them know you know it. It doesn\u2019t always have to be with money, either; many people just want you to know what they\u2019ve done, and an \u2018Atta Boy!\u2019 or a pat on the back is enough. Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 money is always nice, but the personal attention given by a pat on the back may be worth more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Know Their Work style, And Support It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Much has been written on how to have a happy workforce. TQM was all the rage in the nineties; it makes sense in certain environments, but it has to be modified for others. Most companies trying to implement it went about it the wrong way, and wound up just ticking their staff off. Your staff expects you to know your business and work environments inside and out, and when you don\u2019t, they get aggravated and leave. You need to know how your staff works; if you have programmers who work best at night, put in a policy of flexible hours. If you have staff members who thrive on teamwork, organize these folks into operational units and turn them loose. However your staff works best, know it, and make it possible for them to keep working in the ways they thrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep the Communication Lines Open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most companies in America wind up with a clear division between management and staff. The staff feel the management hasn\u2019t a clue as to what really goes on in the company and the management reinforces this belief by making decisions in a vacuum. So be involved with the people who do the work; it\u2019s the only way you\u2019ll know what\u2019s really happening inside your facility. Be open in your communications.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t assume, for instance, if you have a financial crisis the only solution is a reduction in force. Your staff may be grateful to just have a job, and be willing to take a temporary pay cut. However, you\u2019ll have to reinstate pay when you can afford to; if you don\u2019t, your staff will find other jobs. Also, keep your pay levels current with the market. Your experienced staff will leave if the new hires just coming in from college start at the same pay as the experienced staff \u2013 this is a fact. Keep your pay raises commensurate with market trends. You may not be able to hire as many new people as you\u2019d like, but you\u2019ll keep the staff you have happy and productive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Fair, Not Political<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows someone who was fired from a job for political reasons. If you get a reputation of being political, your staff will not trust you, and will spend valuable time finding ways to cover themselves in case of problems, or will find other jobs. Be fair in your dealings; if a staff member makes a mistake, be just in your handling of the situation. If a major customer gets in a snit over the way they perceive they\u2019ve been treated, deal with the customer; don\u2019t just fire the staff member who was working with them \u2013 find a way to resolve the issue in a fair and just manner. The staff member may well deserve to be fired, and if they do, let them go; don\u2019t make them a sacrificial lamb just to make your life easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treat Your Staff as Valued People<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert Fulghum wrote a book entitled \u201cAll I Really Need to Know, I learned In Kindergarten\u201d; his basic premise is, if we treat people the way we want to be treated, we\u2019ll all get along. If you treat your staff with decency, respect, and appreciation, your staff will reciprocate; when this happens, you\u2019ll all get along much better, and your staff will be happy to stay where they are.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/2014\/06\/10\/you-hired-them-now-keep-them-how-to-keep-your-best-employees\/' rel='nofollow'>Used with permission from Article Aggregator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring is probably the biggest headache a business has, regardless of its size. 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