These ideas will help your organization develop managers who believe in and act in ways that support employee retention.

★ Integrate core values about people and a mission and vision that enable people to align themselves with the company direction. Communicate the importance of these and clear expectations about the behaviors expected from managers to accomplish these, to every manager.

★ Negotiate a performance development plan with each manager that stresses the expected managerial areas of development.

★ Provide training in core management skills to every manager. Core management skills include how to:

★ Integrate performance management including goal setting.

★ Give and receive feedback.

★ Recognize and value employees.

★ Coach employee performance.

★ Handle employee complaints and problems.

★ Provide a motivating work environment.

★ Hold career development discussions with employees.

★ Hold regular meetings to provide management development coaching and feedback. You can assist managers to improve their management style and skills. A regular meeting helps you debrief events as they occur, while memories of the exchanges are fresh in the manager's mind.

★ Schedule and hold learning organization events such as book clubs, product training, project debriefs and discussion and planning meetings.

★ Provide funding for conferences and educational development opportunities for managers to continue learning.