Your best person is still here. That is not the same as still having them. There is a moment when a high performer works out that the standard they hold themselves to is not the one anybody else is being held to. Most people assume the risk is that they leave. The more common outcome is quieter and more costly. They stay, and they ramp down to the level everyone else is getting away with. One question tells you whether it has already happened.
It is not only salary that affects happiness. If you are working more than sixty hours a week and cannot connect with why you are doing the work, you are likely to be unproductive and unhappy. People paid handsomely to do meaningless work do not stay. So if money is not the driver, what is? Four things to focus on, none of which involve a pay rise.
Tanya Halcrow is the Marketing Manager/PR/Customer Relations Manager at Bidvest Wanaka, a division of Bidvest NZ, anational wholesale food distributor in New Zealand. With four divisions: Foodservice, Fresh, Logistics and Butchery, Bidvest provides the foodservice and hospitality industry with a complete range of food and non-food products, linking the distribution of 20,000+ products to over 15,000 customers.
With a background in accountancy Tanya specialised in working with property development companies forecasting and presenting financials to shareholding groups and stakeholders. With a passion for all things food, Tanya has owned a catering and café business whilst running cooking demonstrations, writing, blogging.
Her current role allows her to combine all the best attributes of her skills and passions.
