Every manager knows who the indispensable superstars on their team are. (If you don’t, you really should.) And most of those managers also know that in order to keep those superstars on the team, they must recognize and reward them accordingly. But what if there simply aren’t any more resources—money or otherwise—for a manager to leverage, even with top performers they can’t afford to lose?
How much of my management time should I spend on each member of my team? It’s a question many managers have asked themselves at some point. Should they spend more time with the low performers? The average performers? Should they split their time equally among everyone, regardless of performance? (The short answer to that last…