Retaining Top Employees with Richard Doran

Sep 05, 2025
 

Retaining Top Talent with Richard Doran, CEO of Sierra ITS.

 “If you aren’t looking out for your best employees - somebody else is … the best talent always has options.”

 Great insight from Richard Doran, who recently shared another leadership briefing in his Talent Series of interviews with Alex Jarett. 

 If you’ve experienced the pain of losing a top talent, then you realize how that can slow down progress and create set-backs for your major projects.

That’s why Richard likes to say that “Retention is the new Recruiting.” 

Here’s some of the key insights that Richard shared:

*️⃣ The Importance of listening to employees - before they leave!

*️⃣  Why Richard believes that “Retention is the new recruiting,” and the number one strategy top hiring managers do to keep their key team members.

*️⃣ The importance of creating a culture of trust and the impact the reporting manager has on retention.

*️⃣ Why celebrating victories is important and some simple techniques to do it.

*️⃣ The most important question managers can ask their key employees to maximize retention.

*️⃣ How successful hiring managers address the “Blockers” to retention.

*️⃣ How Richard and his team provide coaching on retention to their clients.

 

As you can see, it was an excellent and inspiring session!  Be sure to watch all of Richard’s Leadership Sessions. 

See all his leadership briefings and learn more about Richard here.