How to protect your business when key people leave

A trend of top executives changing roles is a sign of a healthy economy, but can be difficult or catastrophic for you. Here’s how to protect your company, your clients, and your trade secrets

We all recognise the indicators of a growing economy – buoyant consumer confidence and tax receipts running well ahead of target.

A less obvious, but just as convincing, sign of confidence in the market is the recent trend of departures of key people to competitor businesses: sometimes taking an entire team, sometimes taking trade secrets, sometimes both.

Recently we have seen that employers are increasingly willing to take the expensive and public High ...