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Oct 2024
36m 43s

Are Your Best Employees Eyeing the Door?

Harvard Business Review
About this episode

Do you know how your best employees feel about their work?

Are they actually engaged and motivated? Or are they already looking for a better opportunity? If so, what would it take to make them want to stay?

In this episode, you’ll learn how to retain your best employees for the long term, including tactics you can use to help the people you manage feel valued and respected. You’ll also learn what to do when a valuable employee says they have another job offer.

Key episode topics include: leadership, employee retention, career coaching, managing teams.

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