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Open the Floodgates!

Guest post by: Howard Sheppard

Article Overview: Are people in your organization just biding their time until they can jump ship? Do you believe it? Do you care? You should... These statistics are pretty alarming.

Open the Floodgates!

Recent statistics from 2009 show that 55% of employees plan to change jobs, career or industries "as soon as the economy improves." Shouldn't corporate America be informed of this (completely tongue in cheek)? Obviously, this is a classic case of "not being able to see the forest for the trees."

Leigh Branham, founder and CEO of the Overland Park, KS company Keeping The People, says employees leave for seven main reasons, and money isn't among the seven.

Instead, workers leave because:

1. The job or workplace was not as expected

2. Mismatch between job and person

3. Too little coaching and feedback

4. Too few growth and advancement opportunities

5. Feeling devalued and unrecognized

6. Stress from overwork and work-life balance

7. Loss of trust and confidence in senior leaders

Believe it or not, managers can (and leaders SHOULD) address items 3, 5 and 7 IMMEDIATELY!

It can be done with some passion and belief and basically zero expense. Does anybody think about this stuff? Are we so busy worrying about saving money with a "coffee club" that we miss the mass exodus that faces us as economic perception improves?

I'll say it over and over: It's not what someone is paid, it's what the person COSTS an organization that counts. How much are your "leaders" costing your organization?

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