Signs Your Best Employee Is Looking Elsewhere
Article Now that organizations are being forced to cut back and demand more of their employees, keeping the top talent happy and productive has never been more important. If managers know their star employees are looking for a new job, then they still have a chance to make things better and keep them around.

Dealing with Employee Resignations
Article One manager who confesses that he used to get angry when employees resigned says other leaders shouldn't feel betrayed or upset when this happens to them.

How Not to Fire an Employee
Article Yahoo caught a lot of flak from management experts last week for purportedly firing its chief executive officer via telephone. After the fact, many weighed in on just how managers should dismiss an employee, if it comes that.

Manager's Portfolio: Please Don't Go
CURRENTS Article To reduce the loss of valuable workers, institutional managers should look to the corporate world for techniques to increase retention. This article presents nine steps to take when an important employee resigns, developed by T.J. Rodgers, CEO of Cypress Semiconductor Corp.: 1) React to a resignation immediately. 2) Keep the resignation secret. 3) Tell your supervisor and other involved senior managers right away. 4) Listen carefully to the employee's reasons for resigning. 5) Construct your arguments. 6) Present your alternative plan to the employee, and demonstrate your eagerness to work with him or her. 7) Solve the employee's root problems with the job, if possible. 8) If the employee decides to stay, have him or her tell the competitor immediately. 9) Prevent the next problem.