How to Guarantee Your Best Employees Will Resign

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As a leader, you want your best employees to stick around for the long haul. But what if you want to do the opposite? What if you want to ensure that your top performers will quit their jobs as soon as possible? Here are five foolproof strategies for driving your best employees away:

1. Criticize everything they do. No matter what your employee does, find a way to criticize it. Make them feel like they can’t do anything right, no matter how hard they try. This will quickly sap their motivation and make them question why they’re even working for you in the first place.
2. Blame everything on them. Whenever something goes wrong in the company, make sure your employees know that it’s all their fault. Even if it’s clearly a problem with your management style or your own decision-making, make sure your employees take the blame. This will make them feel unappreciated and undervalued.
3. Never appreciate them. If an employee does something outstanding, don’t bother appreciating them. Act like it’s no big deal, or worse, act like you were the one who did all the work. Never acknowledge their hard work or achievements, and they’ll quickly feel like they’re spinning their wheels.
4. Don’t bother training them. Why bother investing in training or development for your employees when you can just keep them in the dark? Don’t give them any opportunities to learn new skills or take on new challenges. This will ensure that they stay stagnant and unfulfilled.
5. Take credit for their work. If an employee does something great, make sure you take all the credit for it. Don’t acknowledge their role in the success, or worse, act like they had nothing to do with it. This will make your employees feel like they’re not valued, and they’ll quickly start looking for new opportunities elsewhere.

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In conclusion, if you want to drive your best employees away and ensure that they quit as soon as possible, follow these five steps. But if you want to retain your top talent and create a positive, productive work environment, do the opposite of these strategies. Appreciate your employees, invest in their growth, and give them the recognition they deserve. By doing so, you’ll foster a loyal and dedicated team that will drive your company’s success. Unless you want to find yourself as the lone wolf, condemned to wander the barren wasteland of failure, continually licking your wounds inflicted by the sharp blade of your bad leadership, which will inevitably lead to your ultimate downfall. The choice is yours.