Business Tips - Keeping Great Employees

Boss' Guide To Retaining The Best Employees

By
Relationship Advice Expert April Masini

Q: Dear April Masini,

I have recently been promoted as a boss at my firm. I'm thrilled! I want to be the best boss I can be. I've had some terrible experiences with uncooperative and selfish supervisors in the past, so what can I do to ensure my employees are happy working for me?

Sincerely,

Be The Best Boss 

A:

Dear Be The Best Boss,

Good employees are great resources, and are often not completely valued until they are ex-employees. Keeping them happy and on board is a skill not unlike keeping a good marriage going -- it takes recognition of the job they're doing, appreciation, and compromise between meeting your company needs and your employee needs. 

Tips on keeping your best employees

* Pay them well. Reward them along the way -- sooner rather than later. You may think they're terrific, but they don't always know what you're thinking, and even knowing what you're thinking doesn't pay their bills. 

* Give them feedback that is constructive. 

* Keep them in the loop when it comes to the growth of the company. Feeling like a cog in a big wheel can be dis-empowering and lower esteem. Making employees -- especially your best employees -- feel valuable by making them part of the growth plan, will pay off in their loyalty and their ideas for growth shared. 

April Masini -- nicknamed "the new millennium's Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books Date Out Of Your League and Think & Date Like A Man, the two (just released) step-by-step dating and relationship manuals, Ideas for a Fun Date and Romantic Date Ideas, and the critically acclaimed dating and relationship online magazine www.AskApril.com.

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