Here is a fascinating infograph that illustrates how Google, Microsoft, SC Johnson, Facebook, Netflix and other organizations are keeping their talent by providing employee perks.
Companies often use perks and incentives to make sure their talented employees never leave. But some of these perks mean that employees literally never have to leave.
Read through this infograph to discover the disparity between what employees say they want versus what employers think their employees want.
In light of this, do you have a plan to keep your talented staff?
It’s important to have solid organizational systems (i.e. adequate wages, growth opportunities, evaluation systems), but after working through those necessary systems, perhaps you just need to be a better manager? What if you just did a better job at appreciating your staff, including them in on decisions, and caring about their personal being, rather than just their work production?
What if you focused on the intrinsics just as much, or even more, than the extrinsic motivational factors?