The real reason your employees are quitting

Retention is an issue that still takes up much of HR’s time and energy. Constantly trying to figure out why good employees are heading toward the door, whilst simultaneously developing a sticky leadership development programme.

One study from Gallup claims to have found the ultimate reason that workers hand in their notice. The study of 7,273 employees revealed that it’s actually a problem that’s far more embedded within company culture than HR may have previously imagined.

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50% of those asked said that they left their jobs in order to “get away from their manager to improve their overall life at some point in their career” - Inc reports. And this revelation is as telling for fed up staff as it is for leaders looking to decrease turnover.

Gallup CEO Jim Clifton believes that HR teams should be taking on this piece of data and adapting their strategy accordingly. Her told Inc: “The single biggest decision you make in your job--bigger than all the rest--is who you name manager. When you name the wrong person as manager, nothing fixes that bad decision. Not compensation, not benefits--nothing.”