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You Can't Afford to Lose Your Best People

We'll evaluate your entire employee retention strategy — with special focus on the key people your business can't run without — and hand you a detailed plan to keep them.

 

$50K+

Cost to replace a single skilled trade worker

3.4

Immediate action items found (on average)

30 Minutes

is all you need to commit

 

WHAT WE EVALUATE

A full picture of why people stay — or leave.

We don't just look at pay. We dig into everything that drives retention in trades businesses, then build your plan around what we find.

  • Benefits Package

    How do your health, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits stack up against others in your market? If competitors are offering more, your people already know it.

  • Compensation Structure

    It's not always about paying more. We look at how your total comp — base, overtime, bonuses, profit sharing, ownership opportunities — compares to your market.

  • Culture & Work Environment

    People don't quit companies. They quit bosses, bad culture, and feeling undervalued. We assess the intangibles that show up in your turnover rate.

  • Key Person Identification

    Who are the 3–5 people your company literally can't function without? We identify them and build specific retention strategies for each one.

  • Career Path & Growth

    Do your best people see a future here, or are they just waiting for a better offer? We evaluate whether your growth path is clear or invisible.

  • Succession & Contingency

    If your lead superintendent gets hit by a bus tomorrow, what happens? We build a contingency framework so no single departure breaks the business.

 

SPECIAL ATTENTION

Your key people get a dedicated plan.

Every business has a handful of people who hold everything together. We identify who they are and give you a specific, actionable plan to retain each one.

  • Individual retention risk assessment for each key person

  • Custom compensation & benefits recommendations

  • Succession plan if they leave despite your best efforts

  • Non-compete and retention agreement guidance

  • Long-term incentive structures that actually work

ASK YOURSELF

If your best estimator gave two weeks' notice today – what's your plan?

  • Who takes over their open bids?
  • How long to find a replacement?
  • How many client relationships walk out the door?
  • What does it cost you in lost revenue?
  • Could you have seen it coming?

 

WHY MOVE FORWARD?

Losing people is more expensive than you think.

When a key employee walks, it's not just a hiring problem. It's a revenue problem, a client problem, and a culture problem — all at once.

200%

Cost to replace a key employee relative to their annual salary 

$4.7K

Average cost to hire one new employee – before training.

 

67%

of employees say benefits are a top factor in staying with a company.

 

 

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps. No runaround.

Fill out the Form

Takes 30 seconds. We'll call you within one business day to find a time that works.

⏱ 30 seconds
 

We Evaluate You

In a 30-minute call, we dig into your benefits, key people, culture, compensation, and succession gaps.

⏱ 30 min call
 

Get Your Plan

You get a written retention plan with specific recommendations, key person strategies, and a benefits comparison. Actionable from day one.

⏱ Results in less than a week
 
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FROM OWNERS LIKE YOU

Here's what our clients are saying.

"The combination of risk management knowledge by the team in our specific business, along with the plan they deliver are the main reasons we recommend Ellerbrock-Norris."
Kelly Thompson, Thompson Construction

"I think the most impressive aspect is people at Ellerbrock-Norris have taken the time to understand our unique business model and the service delivery options we offer and how to integrate that into the plan. I know we wouldn't be where we are today without Ellerbrock, especially the people there."
John Hoffman, Paradigm

 

IS THIS FOR YOU?

This audit is built for a specific kind of business.

  • Construction, manufacturing, speciality trades

  • 15+ employees (W-2 or mixed workforce)

  • $1.5M annual revenue

  • You know risk exists – you just don't have time to fix them

  • Leadership team or owner willing to make decisions

  • Solo operators or very small crews (<15 people)

  • Just looking for an insurance quote

  • Not in trades, construction or manufacturing

  • No interest in actually finding the root problems

Your best people have options.
Give them a reason to stay.

We run a limited number of these each month so every plan gets our full attention. Grab yours before the calendar fills up.