Reason You'll Lose Your Best Employees

Change - some employees go with it and some won't. Losing a good employee, a valued member of the team, sometimes happens because of salary issues, and sometimes it is just because the organization has changed in a way that doesn't appeal to the employee.

Jeff Haden, writing for CEO.com lists six reasons employees will leave. They all involve change and growth. The culture and climate of a start-up can be very different than an established mid-sized business.

Here are Jeff's six of the top (non-salary) reasons your best employees will leave:
1. The business has grown—and so has your ego.
2. A boutique turned into a corporation.
3. The sky no longer seems the limit.
4. Exceptional skill resulted in handcuffs.
5. Flat became multi-layered.
6. Major League Baseball turned into Little League.

To find out the details read Six Reasons You'll Lose Your Best Employees

CEO.com | Six Reasons You'll Lose Your Best Employees

Do you think any of these could be mitigated with change or talent management practices?

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The Power of Going Off Grid - could you do it?

Tony Schwartz wrote in his recent CEO.com blog post, "I am the chief executive of my company, with responsibility for 30 people in the United States and another two offices overseas. As part of my vacation last month, I took two weeks when I was completely offline and didn’t check in to my office at all. Was this a wise move? Was it responsible?"

Tempting - isn't it. Anyone in a high profile, demanding position - must surely entertain the idea of unplugging and going off grid for a period of time.

Do you think it's a good idea, or more to the point, do you think you could actually do it?

Tony's experience was positive.

"I returned to the office this week feeling re-energized and inspired by the opportunity to reflect, read and relax. A couple of significant client issues had arisen in my absence, but they didn’t require my involvement. The most common reason many of us feel compelled to answer e-mail constantly is that we are addicted to feeling connected. And by the end of two weeks, I couldn’t resist checking e-mail any longer, even knowing that if anything critical arose, my office would find me."

His experience inspired him to implement 2 experiments at work. Read about those in The Power of Stepping Back.

CEO.com | The Power of Stepping Back

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Does Your Business Need the Innovative and Dynamic Role of an Intrapreneur?

The dynamic skills of an entrepreneur doesn't always reside in an organization's CEO or other top manager. Organizations seeking to add that component to their management mix are coaching an employee or recruiting an individual with specific entrepreneurial skills for an in-house role.

The position can be termed intrapreneur, meaning a person in a company who takes responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through risk-taking and innovation.  The intrapreneur focuses on innovation and creativity while following the goals of the organization they work in. Rewards and motivational techniques can be different for this role, for example company shares and bonuses.

Intrapreneurship is an example of motivation through job design - encouraging individuals to behave as entrepreneurs with the resources, capabilities and security of the larger organization behind them. Candidates must be willing to learn from failures, conserve resources, and have the drive to move ideas forward, often independently.

"Intrapreneurship has been around since 3M developed Post-It notes back in 1977 and is even more popular today as companies leverage their employees to innovate and stay competitive in the marketplace. Some examples include DreamWorks, where employees take free classes to learn how to pitch their ideas and are then able to pitch them directly to executives." Dan Schawbel, in his recent Entrepreneur blog post, "3 Things You Don't Know About Intrapreneurship", identified 3 trends in workplace.

1. Managers are actually willing to support intrapreneurial employees. In a new study in partnership with American Express, we found that 58 percent of managers are either very willing or extremely willing to support employees who want to chase business opportunities.

2. The majority of workers still don't believe they can become an intrapreneur. In a study with Monster.com, we found that less than one third of workers feel they have the freedom, flexibility and resources to be an intrapreneur.

3. Intrapreneurship is a stepping stone to entrepreneurship. Some 94 percent of intrapreneurs think they have the required skills and knowledge to start a firm of their own, and 76 percent say that fear of failure would not prevent them from starting a business, reports the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.

If you can see a role for an intrapreneur within your organization, consider the help of a Talent Manager or Executive Recruiter to build the position and identify candidates. Once the person is in place they may benefit from Management Coaching to build confidence and grown in the position.


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