Over the course of my work career, I’ve been involved in more performance reviews (giving and receiving) than I can remember. Most were positive, others not so positive, but in my most recent performance review my boss asked me a question I had never heard before.
Near the end of our meeting, Jerry asked, ”What would it take for you to leave LifeWay?”. For just a moment, I was speechless. In 30+ years I’ve never had a boss ask me that question. I’m sure I’ve had one or two who probably wanted to ask what it would take to GET me to leave, but never what would it take for me to leave. Fortunately, I truly do love what I do. Once I recovered my voice, I said that short of the audible voice of God, I couldn’t think of anything that would get me to leave to LifeWay.
As we discussed this question further, Jerry shared that he had recently read the book, Love ‘em or Lose ‘em. In this book, the authors challenged employers to ask this type of question before a good employee leaves, instead of waiting and asking why they left in an exit interview. When you stop to think about it, this makes a lot of sense. Why not engage your good performers and find out what might cause them to leave before they really leave?
In their book, authors Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans shared the results from over 17,000 folks who answered the question, “why have you stayed with your organization?”. Based on that research, here are the Top 10 Reasons why people stay with an organization:
- Exciting work and challenge
- Career growth, learning and development
- Working with great people
- Fair pay
- Supportive management/good boss
- Being recognized, valued and respected
- Benefits
- Meaningful work and making a difference
- Pride in the organization, its mission and its products
- Great work environment and culture
I would love to hear what you think about this. How do these reasons line up with how you feel about your job or organization? As a boss, which of these areas can you positively impact?
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John F. Castillo
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