Tired of losing great employees to your competitors? Tired of spending money and manpower replacing employees who leave? Retaining top employees is a huge part of creating a workplace that thrives. Here are five management tips that will help you keep your best employees and attract great talent:

Make Them Offers They Can’t Refuse

Benefits like retirement packages and health insurance are not just insurance for your employees’ future — they’re a guarantee for your organization’s present. As a manager, be prepared to go to bat for benefits packages that will keep great employees from deciding the grass is greener elsewhere. Know what competitors are offering, and let the higher-ups know that the money spent on benefits is money they’ll save constantly replacing employees who jump ship.

Don’t Forget the Little Things

If your organization can’t afford big benefits packages, or if you as a manager just want to have an edge over other employers offering similar benefits packages, it’s time to resort to perks like flexible scheduling, free coffee and bagels in the breakrooms, time off during the day for exercise — small things that cost employers little or nothing at all, but show employees you appreciate them. Employees who feel valued stick around.

Move Them Up

One overlooked but hugely important key to retaining top employees is good old-fashioned promotion from within. When employees can see a bright future ahead of them with your organization, they’ll think twice about leaving. Make moving toward that future easier by giving existing employees the first crack at job openings, and promoting great employees to better jobs.

Keep the Lines of Communication Open

Don’t just pay lip service to valuing your employees’ contributions. Give your employees regular opportunities to offer ideas and have their opinions heard, either through meetings or through email. Follow up on employee concerns and ideas whenever reasonable and possible, and make sure the managers you supervise know that employees should be able to speak to them without fear of reprisal.

Hire the Best

Part of the secret to retaining great employees is by hiring better employees across the board. If recruiting top employees to your organization is a challenge, let the recruiting experts at Staffing Partners make the job easier. Staffing Partners can help you find the top talent in your organization’s field, making recruitment one less thing to worry about. Let them help you craft a recruiting strategy that draws talent you’ll want to retain.