How to handle a departing employee

3. "Remember that your ex-staff are your ambassadors and custodians of the employer brand. They will not forget either enlightened or shabby practices that they experienced with you, and that includes the last few weeks.  Also, don’t forget that they are not just going to work somewhere else, many will continue to influential posts and roles of increased responsibility." 

4. "Engage with and learn from exit interviews. The departure of an individual may be because of a failure by the organisation to develop their skills and potential. A healthy employer will seek to engage in conversations about this, not only at exit, and learn from these as part of a policy of continual improvement and self-development."

5. "Make it easy to return. It is inevitable that people will seek opportunities elsewhere; a healthy organisation accepts and encourages this, and welcomes former employees back."