Retaining Your MVPs

The business leaders that we interviewed said metaphorically that, "We would die if these people left the business."

To retain their MVPs an organization must:

• Identify their true MVPs, as opposed to top performers,stars, and prima donnas.
• Understand the current state of satisfaction of each individual MVP with their role in the organization.
• Inspect and align your MVPs with a manager or management style that allows the MVP to produce and grow. Our research shows that this is the most statistically significant factor affecting your ability to retain value creators.
• Provide the MVP with challenges that support their individual development needs vs. grouping them into pre-defined development tracks.
• Allow for flexibility.
• Make sure that the total compensation of the MVP is appropriate to the value they create.
• Recognize their accomplishments that go beyond standard performance-oriented rewards.
• Encourage the MVP to stay.