How do you keep good staff.

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I thought I would post this here (was hijacking another thread).

Myself this is how I run a community, it will not work for all, but it has severed me well.

There are 4 groups , Admin, Super Mod, Mods, Members

Level of importance.

Admin (If you have good admin that is)
Members (with out them the rest is a waste)
Super Mods (By this point we hope they are good for staff)
Mods

Myself I view it as the staff is to serve the community; all staff (even admin) must adhere to the rules as would a member.

Now in communitys we try to give our members some flexibility due to people do make minor slip ups and time to time things happen, but when it comes to staff this is not allowed.

I stress to staff that they have no reason to step out of line, they are there to enforce the board rules, and to help people. How can someone who is suppose to enforce a rule break a rule by mistake?

I had the common problem at one time of staff thinking they are better then others, to solve this I fired staff that would use their powers with out just cause, also implemented a staff vote on all discipline actions.

So if someone (mod, super mod, admin) disciplines someone it goes into review by the staff and voted on for the best action.

This stops any over zealous staff member from trying to be a forum god.

I hope others post how they deal with their staff, some would benifit I am sure.