Hello!

While everyone’s sharing their 2025 goals and plans, your people are making plans of their own. The question is – do you know what they are?

watts not working: Assuming you know what matters to your team this year. Thinking that because they stayed in 2024, they’ll stay in 2025. Waiting until exit interviews to find out why people leave.

watts really happening: January isn’t just about new starts – it’s about new searches. Your team has spent the holiday break thinking about:

• What they want from their career
• Whether they can get it with you
• How long they’ll wait to find out

watts working: Smart leaders are already:

• Running engagement surveys that ask real questions
• Having honest conversations about career goals
• Creating clear growth paths
• Fixing what frustrated people in 2024

watts the real game changer: Stop predicting what will keep your people. Start asking them. Because by the time they update their LinkedIn profile, it’s already too late.

Your January Challenge:

• Ask what would make 2025 their best year yet
• Find out what would make them leave
• Create action plans that matter
• Show them why staying means growing

Because “new year, new job” is only exciting for those who can’t grow where they are.

Have a week of real conversations!

-Sel Watts

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