The Fastest Way to Lose Top Talent

It isn't salary. It isn't even workload. It is micromanagement.

High performers crave autonomy. They trade in results, not hours.

If you hire an expert and then hover over their shoulder telling them exactly how to do the job, you aren't managing them. You are insulting them.

Tell a junior employee how to do it. Tell a senior employee what needs to be done.

If you can't trust them to execute, you made the wrong hire. If you can trust them, get out of the way.