IT Management Slideshow: Employee Retention Failures Revealed

Aside from worrying about information security, technology decision-making, and the plethora of other challenges you face on a daily basis, as CIO you also need to think seriously about how you will hold onto your best employees. There's a premium on certain tech skills in today's job markets, so you need to have a strategy in place to keep your best workers, plus a plan so that you won't be caught off-guard when they bolt for a better offer. A study from staffing company Express Employment Professionals sheds some light on how clueless many leaders are about employee retention. The organization surveyed 18,000 of its current and former executive clients in North America. Here are 10 highlights from the report: