KEY EMPLOYEES What is a key employee? Typically and without looking in the dictionary, my version of a key employee is someone who has been with you a long time, or someone you want to be with you for a long time, an employee that holds a key position within your business that would be hard to replace, or more simply, a combination of the above. Key employees typically are our “right hands” and tend to think like business owners which are one of the primary differences between, an employee and a key employee! Owners tend to pay them a little more for their loyalty and dedication, but also have a tendency to not pay close attention to their happiness as other employees, after all, “they’re a key employee, why should I have to?” And every day I see key employees either persuaded away through financial gain or leave because nobody has shown them that they care about them. Side note here—I don’t care who you are, how “bad&r ... read more