Why Employees Leave

03/22/2010

Infants and toddlers are extraordinarily competent sensory motor scientists who systematically investigate their world using their scientific tools: mouth, eyes, skin, ears, and their developing muscles.
Jim Greenman, Early Childhood Expert, 1950-2009

In the newest book in the Exchange store, Targeted Leadership: Building a Team that Hits the Mark, School-Age Notes Publisher Tracey Ballas, along with Christopher Novak, provide insights on many aspects of leading an early childhood organization, including how to keep good people from leaving...

"...according to a Saratoga Institute survey of nearly 20,000 exit interviews, 89 percent of employers believe that people who voluntarily leave the organization do so for more money. The actual number of employees who leave for money is 12 percent. The disparity highlights the delusion leaders cling to that employees mostly leave for better pay rather than recognize the fact that far more leave for reasons more personal and avoidable. People don't leave jobs, they leave supervisors.

"In that same survey, 'lack of career growth and advancement opportunities; no perceivable career path,' was the second most cited reason for an employee leaving, following poor management.... Imagine that for a moment: The second most significant reason driving voluntary turnover is the employee did not see her future there because no one communicated it to her. Good employees leave when no one notices they are there and when no one communicates to them what they can accomplish. They stay not because they see a paycheck, but because they see a future."

Check Out Targeted Leadership

Targeted Leadership — Building a Team That Hits the Mark takes complex leadership principles and presents them in a way that is easy to understand and put into action. This is an essential resource for leaders to use when polishing their skills, as well as fostering them in their staff members. Targeted Leadership tackles concepts such as hiring, supervising and, firing. It also provides a step-by-step approach to finding and retaining the team you have always desired. This book includes a CD-ROM with printable handouts for training or classroom use.

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