The number one way to hold on to your best performers is to let go of them.
Your best performers should be spending the least amount of time around you. Let them go to do their thing.
Your Best Performers Are Clear. Best performers are clear and if they are not clear they get clear, so you can let them go to get the job done. You don't have to look over their shoulder and equate whether you can see them or not with how hard they are working. They empower themselves and know the difference between self-empowerment and authority. They don't run amok and they ask for needed authority which you can give. You cannot empower them, and they know it...
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Source: Linda Galindo (www.linkedin.com)