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How To Improve Retention by 50%

How To Improve Retention by 50%
How To Improve Retention by 50%

Attractive salary packages, good terms and conditions, career development and opportunities to learn may be sufficient to entice people to join a new organisation, but these things alone are not enough to stop them from leaving.

According to a Gallup Survey, the relationship people have with their Managers can determine whether they stay or leave. So, if organisations don’t pay attention to the relationships their Managers have with their employees, they risk doubling their employee turnover. Read more here.


The Gallup Survey indicates that a massive 50% of leavers cite ‘getting away from their Manager’ as a reason for leaving their job. The same survey shows that 92% of people who strongly disagreed with the statement ‘I feel I can approach my Manager with any type of question’ were not engaged or were actively disengaged.

Conversely, more than half of engaged employees did feel like they could approach their Managers.

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