After reading the CIO Article - Staff Retention: The Power of Appreciation at Work, I found this article to be absolutely correct.  More managers and in particular HR departments should offer and take training classes to help themselves be more "Humanistic" when it comes to working and directing people.  

Like many IT people, I'm sure we've had our share of good and bad manager right? So, whether your seasoned or not as manager, below I listed my top 5 must do things a manager should be doing to keep employees happy:

1) Send out a hand written note simply saying "thank you for..."

2) Take them out to Lunch.

3) Schedule one on one meetings and get everything out in the open.

4) Give them Starbucks, Movie, or some other type of gift certificate

5) Invite their families to work so they can see what you do.

Working in IT environments is perhaps a bit more challenging for many people and the reason why is because you work with an array of cultures and that in itself is a challenge.  When you come across people from different culture,  there's more likely to be a communication breakdown and  I'll talk about this more in my next article.

In the mean time, share your thoughts.