7 Ways to Keep a Leader on Your Team
One of the biggest challenges for any organization is to attract and retain leaders. Yesterday I posted 7 reasons leaders tend to leave an organization. (Read that post HERE.) The goal then is to find ways to keep a leader energized to stay with the team, so I thought a companion post was appropriate. I never want to stop someone from pursuing a better opportunity, but I don’t want to send them away because I didn’t help them stay.
The reality is that leaders get restless if they are forced to sit still for long. Good managers are comfortable maintaining progress, but a leader needs to be leading change. I posted before that leaders even thrive in chaos at times. (Read that post HERE.)
If you sense you have a restless leader on your team, here are a few suggestions to encourage them to stay:
- Give him or her a new challenge…
- Allow him or her to explore a new area of interest to them…
- Let him or her lead a new area….
- Give him or her more creative time to dream…
- Don’t exhibit fear in him or her creating a mess while exploring…
- Take the lid off his or her authority…(give him or her more)…
- Allow him or her to help you lead/dream/plan for the organization…
What other ways can you think of to keep a restless leader longer at an organization?
