CFO to CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?”

CEO: “What happens if we don’t, and they stay?”

Who hasn’t thought what this CFO asks? Investing in your people costs money and when they leave, it feels like that investment was wasted. But this CEO “gets it.” The cost to “not” invest may have greater consequences than the financial costs. When employees don’t grow, the company doesn’t grow either … bottom line!