Anyplace But Here: Why Employees Leave Your Company “How long do we want employees to stay?” I challenge you to ask that question of any leader in your company, all the way up to and including the CEO. After that, ask the question of other employees in the company. Will the answers be the same? Will anyone even be able to give you an answer? Do employees even know the company is trying to retain them? The answer is probably “no” in all cases. Elaborate employee retention init

When I think about employee retention, I always come back to the story of a professional I know who kept a list at her desk of all the employees who came in and out of her 18-person department over the course of three years. She puts the number at 68 and she has the names to prove it. Of course, even that number is conservative—it took a few months of her just observing the revolving door before she even decided to start her list. If the first time you think about employee re