Steven Pope

Now, granted, I do run some health campaigns.

I did have like a month where I paid for dental work.

I had a month where I paid for a blood drive where we had blood tests run just to help people get data and do things they wouldn't normally do to get them started.

And people were getting their teeth extracted.

People were getting their first blood draws in five plus years.

It was just really, really good and effective.

So I am putting money where my mouth is, but at the same time, it's more important that I just show how I'm working on my health.

I lost 65 pounds.

I started TRT.

Here are the things that I'm doing.

Here's pictures and videos of me working out and you can do it too.

And then I encourage my other leaders to do it.

And my other leaders have improved their lives, stopped smoking, gone hiking, and then they show their videos and pictures, and that culture catches on.

So to answer the retention question, you have to take care of your employees, treat them so well they don't want to leave, and you have to invest in them.

Now, that sounds like common sense.

It almost sounds like a platitude, but the effectiveness of this cannot be understated.

Like,

I can pay people a livable wage, but they might leave at any point in time to get a 10 or a 15% raise.

And if I convince them that their health will be better without me saying this, but by showing this, that their health will be better at my company, they might not take that 10 or 15% raise.

Now, we're going to give them raises over time, obviously.