Congratulations! That great new person has been hired to your team – and they are eager to start adding a ton of value. As a highly-engaged leader, you understand how to create an upward spiral of performance very well: define performance standards, spell out expectations, collaborate on next steps and benchmarks, follow up and adjust. That structure and support goes a long way toward engaging and developing today’s best talent. You just hope that great new hire decides to stick around for a while.

The foundation of any successful retention strategy today is this: build a strong leadership culture. Without leaders who are engaged enough to help people develop skills and grow their careers, there will be no hope of........

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