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Top 5 Indicators Someone Is About to Quit

Employees with a potentially high risk for turnover send out the signs before they leave, but managers and executives must know where to look:

1. The Unclear Manager.

If employees report that their manager’s tasks, procedures and operations are unclear; or that their manager doesn’t supply the appropriate equipment, materials, or resources; or that opportunities for growth and development are few and far between, watch out: You’ve got a jumper.

2. Complaints That They Can’t Shine.

Another sign your employee is about to jump is when they report that they don’t have the opportunity to do what they do best.

Contrary to what most managers or bosses may tell you about today’s workers, employees really want to feel like they are contributing. Each individual feels they are uniquely genius and that they need surroundings that will challenge them and will give them the room to do something great.

3. Coworkers Not Committed to Quality.

Watch for employees who perceive that their coworkers are not committed to a high standard of work.

If your employees observe everyone around them doing “just enough to get by”, they will feel that their standards are obviously too high to be working in your establishment. Everyone knows what they are supposed to be doing and not doing on a job, and if you allow that behavior it can become a virus.

Your good employees will not feel fulfilled with a company that settles and is content with poor craftsmanship, and they will move on to a world-class company.

4. Disengaged Employees Asking for More Pay and Benefits.

Engaged employees are far more likely to feel that they are being paid what they are worth (43%), compared to employees who are disengaged (15%) or disengaged on purpose (myspace, book-readers, etc) (13%).

Pay and benefits become a big issue if employees feel that their coworkers aren’t committed to quality.

In some sick and twisted way, employees that are bored have the time to look for problems. If they are unhappy and bored, they feel that they should be paid for their misery.

If they don’t have the opportunities they need to feel fulfilled, then they think it is your fault for causing them half of the life they could lead.

5. Lack of Connection to the Company or to Management.

Another indicator that turnover is just around the corner appears when employees become disconnected to the company’s mission or purpose or even its leadership.

If an employee doesn’t care about the big picture of the company, or feel that the company isn’t portraying that vision of that big picture, they will go to another company that has a purpose, a mission, and that is on the up-and-up.

We all want to feel like we are apart of something that is always getting better. We don’t want to feel complacent and that we aren’t contributing.

Conclusion

In conclusion, as a manger: Be clear about your expectations, give your employees the room they need to shine, reinforce your commitment to quality, keep your employees engaged, and always have a unanimous cohesion and comprehension on your company’s mission.

Set clear goals for your team members, track their progress, and use the Recognition Program to award their triumphs.

Encourage, Encourage, Encourage.

They want you to lead them, and the best way to lead is to make them feel they are accomplishing great things on their own.

Say “thank you” for their initiative and innovation, and they will love you for it.

Do these things and you will be successful, you will have a healthy working environment, and your own quality of life will improve.

Here’s to your Success!

Til next time,