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not be around to propel our companies forward. This will come from competitive poaching, retirements and burn- out with our employee base. Labor is the livelihood of our businesses. Do not overlook this one. “Attracting, retraining and training our workforce is key. So, how do we retain these humans that are pulled in ev- ery direction based on supply and demand and market temptation? I believe 1000 percent that it is our culture that helps one to attract and retain our employees. Culture is the most critical keys in attracting and retaining your ex- isting and future employees. If your culture sucks, so will your employees by performance of getting pulled out the door by your competitors. “Culture starts with the values of your company. These are not just words on a sheet of paper or banners hanging on walls. These are actionable descriptions of how your operation exists and behaves. Knowing me, how can I be an expert with this one? It’s easy, we must attract and re- tain employees that believe in these values and we actual- ly run our company with these in mind. We make every de- cision with these guiding values. This is very critical. As an example, at Bay Cities, FUN is one of our values. We take our work very seriously but not so much ourselves. Let’s face it, we work more than we spend time with our fam- ilies and friends outside of work. Thus, we have to have
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