Why Do Great Digital Agency Employees Leave?

<p>Are you making the right hires for your agency team? Do you feel like your best agency employees don't stick around long enough? Most of your agency's success comes down to the people you surround yourself with. Hiring a team that supports your vision and grows with the agency is the key to success.</p> <p>In today's episode, we'll cover:</p> <ul> <li>Does your agency foster career growth?</li> <li>3 strategies to help your agency succeed early.</li> <li>How to find the right team members that will stick around.</li> </ul> <p>Today I sat down with Tom Yawney, director of business development at <a href="https://theinfluenceagency.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Influence Agency</a>, a digital marketing, and creative agency. After realizing there was no longer room for growth in his previous agency, Tom and his partners decided to start an agency of their own. He's here to talk about why he left his previous agency, what he's doing differently, and key strategies he has learned along the way.</p> <h2>Does Your Agency Foster Career Growth?</h2> <p>Have you ever spent time and money building a team, only to watch them one by one walk away? Are you struggling to understand why your top-performing team members don't seem to stick around? Tom says he never dreamed of being an agency owner, but he reached a point where there was no longer room for growth.</p> <p>As an agency owner, you need to <a href= "https://jasonswenk.com/motivate-agency-team/">provide opportunities for your team</a> to bring new ideas and value to the agency. Your team should never feel like they are, as Tom felt, "stuck in a dead-end job."</p> <p>Too many agency owners have this hierarchy where they feel they know everything and just assign tasks. If you have ever uttered the phrase, "This is how we've always done it," it's probably time to make a change. Good employees get bored if they aren't given opportunities to challenge their evolving skills. If you hire the right people, it's your job to make sure you don't demotivate them.</p