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Want to quit your job? Get your boss to help you.

Turns out if you're willing to help your best employees quit, they're actually more likely to stick around. Huh.
(Michelle Parise)

Here at Spark we love work -- well at least talking about work.

And not just about robots trying to take your job.

No, we love stories about companies that have taken big steps to change workplace culture in a dynamic way.

For example, eliminating the idea of bosses.

Or workin' nine to one with a five-hour day workday.

Or even just getting everyone in the office to eat lunch together.   

But even we weren't prepared to hear about a company that helps its star employees quit!

Mathilde Pribula (fplpartners.com)
Frederickson Pribula Li is an executive search firm that works with its own employees to find advancement opportunities -- inside and outside the company.

But why would a company want help their own employees leave?

Mathilde Pribula, a partner with the firm, explains that if you're willing to help your best employees quit, they're actually more likely to stick around.  

How one firm works with its own employees to find advancement opportunities inside and outside the company.

As Mathilde points out in the interview, under this program, none of the employees at her company need to have a "hidden career agenda" anymore -- and that openness has led to increased employee engagement and retention.

But in many workplaces, employees may still feel a need keep their outside ambitions carefully hidden.

Just this fall LinkedIn introduced a new feature called Open Candidates that makes it easier for people to privately signal to recruiters that they're open to new job opportunities without worrying about their current employer finding out.