I am losing good people
How do I keep the people who make the work worth doing?
Start with what is actually available.
How to Keep Good People
Keep strong people by understanding the work, manager relationship, growth expectations, recognition, and operating conditions that affect retention.
Hiring Framework
The structured process for hiring people who fit the culture and grow the business.
What Retention Decisions Actually Tell You
A practical SOE perspective on keeping strong people through clearer work, management and decision ownership.
Retention Is a Work-System Signal, Not Just an HR Metric
Retention can reveal problems in workload, autonomy, clarity, management and everyday work design.
What Should a Founder Do When a Key Employee Leaves?
A key employee leaving exposes whether the business has systems or only people who remember how everything works.
How to Run Stay Interviews in a Small Company Without Making Them Performative
A useful stay interview asks what helps someone do good work, what makes the job harder than it needs to be, what could make them leave, and what the founder or manager can realistically change.