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![]() This was originally published on The Tim Sackett Project. Today’s challenge? Stop using this phrase and start taking ownership of your employee turnover! That’s not our manager’s issue, it’s all of our issue. Employees, the majority, don’t leave managers. It might have been because they were working for a crappy manager, but it also might be they just made a bad fit decision in the job they chose to accept, or culturally, the fit wasn’t good with your organization and the employee. The reality is if employees leave there are likely numerous reasons all of which are probably centered on a bad employee experience. It’s just super comfortable to give this explanation to why we have high turnover. Talk down to them like their children, and help them become “leaders.” IBM didn’t actually say this was the reason, this is my own reasoning. I mean it was our problem to help fix, but it wasn’t our fault. You won’t like this answer: We liked using this reason for employees leaving because it meant it wasn’t our problem. So, why has this concept of employees leaving managers become so wildly accepted and popular amongst HR leaders and pros? IBM looked at data from 22,000 employees! This isn’t some small study of a hundred employees. 18% left due to organizational changes which had caused a great deal of uncertainty. According to a survey conducted by researchers at Randstad US, Sixty percent of employees have left jobs, or are considering leaving, because of bad bosses.One in five (20%) workers left because they were not happy with their organization.Almost as many people (39%) left their last job for personal reasons such as spouse relocation, child care or health issues.The biggest work-related reason (cited by 40% of respondents) for leaving is because employees are not happy with their jobs.Contrary to many media reports, only 14% of people left their last job because they were unhappy with their managers.New research has come out from IBM’s Smarter Workforce Institute, Should I Stay, or Should I Go ? that has actually proven our common knowledge is wrong : Have you used this phrase? Of course, you have! Everyone in HR has used this! It’s this one phrase:Įmployees don’t leave companies, they leave managers. We’ve said it so much, it’s actually become ‘common’ knowledge we take for granted. You can find the complete list here.įor decades we’ve been telling leaders this one thing about employees and retention. We’re reposting each of the top 30 articles through January 2nd. Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months.
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