subject: Team Member Exits: 5 ways to retain strong teams after an employee exits [print this page] 5. Focus on the team5. Focus on the team
Seek to balance work with the remaining team members and listen to their concerns. Communicate the need to work extra to cover for the vacant position while the company looks to fill it. Employees are human beings who understand and naturally step up to tough situations. In fact, you may be surprised with better performance than even when the team member who left was present had. A bonus, in recognition to the extra effort, may be taken very positively when offered at the end of the year, and may indeed set a positive mentality within the company, that when someone leaves, lets all dig in!
Team Member Exits: 5 ways to retain strong teams after an employee exits