Updated September 27, 2023, at 10:40 AM

The job site Indeed lists 16 reasons employees choose to leave their jobs. Those ideas are just a small sampling of reasons, and retaining your top employees typically takes more than a new title and salary. Keeping your employees more closely tied to you is about creating rewards that benefit them while incentivizing their loyalty.

If you have top employees you want to retain long-term, look for ways to meet their family’s financial needs, protect their survivors in the event of death, and ensure their legacies.