Acknowledging, rewarding good work goes long way in retaining top employees

The economy’s rough. Colorado’s unemployment rate inched into 5.7 percent territory in February, and the stream of potential new employees runs fast and fresh. No sense, then, in worrying about keeping your best workers satisfied and loyal, right?

“That is an absolute fallacy,´ said Peter Svenneby, a principal at Svenneby Corp., a Foxfield technical recruiting firm. “That this is a bad time so there is no place for anyone to go, is absolutely untrue. There are always companies in their state of development where they are adding employees.

“Many of my clients are saying…