In a world of fairytales, your top employees would stay on board for years and years, and you wouldn’t have to worry about substituting them. Unfortunately, reality proves otherwise. When one of your best employees resigns, you can try to convince them to stay but you can’t refuse to accept their resignation. Top employees leave for many different reasons: lack of advancement opportunities, excessive workload or simply because they want to pursue a new challenging role. Once the resignation decision has been made final, there may be nothing you can do to change the employee’s mind. The good news is that there are some steps to take to ensure you handle the process as efficiently as possible.... Read More ...