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One of Your Best Resigns

You think it will never happen and then it does. One of your best employees just resigned. You’re stunned. You never thought this would happen. Of course, it does happen all the time. Movement between jobs is a natural progression as employees seek increased pay, more responsibility, and flexible working conditions. Effects of the global pandemic have added to job movement with companies allowing employees to work from home, have more flexibility with on-site work schedules, or even relocating from one city to another. 

Courses of Action

So, the unthinkable happens when a star employee resigns, and now you have to figure out what to do. There are several courses of action to take. Some are good; o

We don’t want to do the hard things. We like to do the enjoyable things. If something isn’t enjoyable, then we at least want it to be easy.

Yet, the enjoyable things often aren’t very helpful. And the easy things usually don’t provide a lot of return for our time.

The ability to make yourself do the hard things is a big determiner of how successful you’ll be.

For example:

• Squats are hard. Leg extensions are easy. Guess which is more effective for strengthening your legs.
• Cold calling expired listings is hard. Holding an open house is easy. Guess which is more effective for making money as a real estate agent.
• Sweeping a floor is easy. Scrubbing a floor on your hands and knees is hard. You