Fair pay and then some: how to retain your staff

It may be stating the obvious, but the bottom line is this: treat staff the way you would like to be treated yourself. Appreciate, respect, recognize and reward them. Behavior that is appreciated gets repeated. The easiest way to find out if your team is happy is to open up the channels of communication. Relieve yourself of the guesswork by asking them what they want. If you can't give them everything at once, you may be able to satisfy at least some of the items on their wish list. And when you address their needs and wants, you'll be rewarded with more loyalty and commitment than you'd ever have expected. You will be that "greener pasture" that the best and the brightest gravitate toward.