I run a small team in a large organisation, and one that has historically been known for its apathy toward change. Just prior to Covid we had some churn, and s

I run a small team in a large organisation, and one that has historically been known for its apathy toward change. Just prior to Covid we had some churn, and some issues, and I capitalised on that. I went in to bat for higher wages for the roles I wished to hire for. Updated job descriptions to include newer tech stacks. Put in a position whose focus was on keeping things maintainable and having cross-team standards. I hired for competency, and offered flexible working arrangements but with some initially fixed, bite sized deliverables and quite a bit of breathing room for the team to come up to speed. I now have a very competent team who have a professional outlook, little drama, decent remuneration, job security, actual professional growth opportunity and flexibility to work from home for at least part of the week. I hope they feel supported and that they can get focus time. My gain is at the expense of those who were not agile enough to change.