Character « Small Fish Business Coaching

Preventing a race for the exits

I’ve written about employee retention a couple of times (Fear is not engagement, The impending crisis in employee retention). This week I got a great question:

What can we do to prevent employees from wanting to leave as the job situation improves?

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Showing gratitude

Your organization has survived a tumultuous 2009. Here we are at the end of the year, at the end of the first decade of the third millennium, but you’ve been able to hang on. Do your employees know how much you appreciate their hard work and sacrifices?

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The crisis of character

Gus Lee I had a chance to attend a fantastic workshop this morning, led by the incomparable Gus Lee. Never heard of him? He’s a leader in challenging people to find and develop a core of character in their lives.