[adambenayoun]

This.

What I find help with it is give them as much information as possible and be there to answer any question they may have.

If you're giving away generous stock option grants you want to make sure they are as educated as possible about their value as opposed to some companies where they'll be secretive about the actual outstanding shares issued and other preferences that could hurt employees grants when a liquidation happens.

Additionally for people who may not value option stocks like you do (as a founder or early team member), we usually offer generous equity grant but also allow employees to swap some of them for a higher pay.

I think employees are grateful when given the ability to pick more pay or more options.

It allows them to put a price tag on these stock options which make these more valuable and tangible.