How Leaders Can Retain Their Best Talent and Different Ways to Connect with Your Team

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How in the heck do we keep people?” is the question on every leader’s mind right now in the midst of The Big Quit happening all around us.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode, co-hosts Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask sit down to talk about the tension of employee retention. Specifically, retaining the most talented people who are the best fit for your company. Of course you don’t want them to leave. And as difficult and scary as that thought might be, there are some really simple (not easy) ways to make sure it doesn’t happen.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as they share some dos and some don’ts of keeping the right people on your team.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Retention Starts with the Leader’s Mindset</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Jeff and Richard talk to other people at different levels of leadership organizationally, they’re hearing a lot of stressful talk about retention. H</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">ow do we keep people from leaving? Why are they leaving? Is this my fault? Tell me what to do!</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff says one aspect of leadership that can happen is that you finally find the right team, a great fit, and you develop a scarcity mindset of “I hope nobody leaves.” He had a manager once with this underlying attitude of “I’m paying you well. You should be grateful. Your only way to grow is in this company and nowhere else.” The employees felt like they were under his thumb, like they were owned.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He believes this is why much of the workforce is saying, “I’m done with this. I don’t have to keep enduring what I’ve endured. I don’t have to put up with this fear-based tactic.” Covid has opened our eyes to what matters, to what we’re willing to put up with.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff thinks that the lack of care and love fo