Staff retention | What can HR learn from the Tory MP resignations?

Earlier this month, SNP.org reported that altogether 25 cabinet ministers, government ministers, MPs and MSPs have either quit the Conservative Party or been given the boot by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Phillip Lee, Bracknell MP and former Justice Minister, was one of the latest MPs to resign after expressing concerns relating to “the approach and direction of the Conservative Party since the EU referendum took place in 2016” in his resignation letter. With a considerable number of MPs fleeing the party soon after one another, the Conservative Party will likely feel a bit thin on the ground.

Is there a HR lesson in this?

For HR, there are some key lessons on staff attrition and what the people function can do if several senior people leave at once which. Personal political aside, this should leave the dedicated people function with much to mull over in terms of managing employee attrition levels and succession planning to minimise the damage of several senior employees leaving in one go.