The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave (Review)
By David Zinger on Jul 18, 2008 in Employee Engagement
We’ve got to stop leaving like this…
by David Zinger
Leigh Branham with the cooperation of the Saratoga Institute wrote The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave.
This book is based on research of over 19,000 employees. the book is almost 3 years old but I believe many of the reasons employees leave still seem to be “hidden” from many organizations and leaders.
I appreciated the 13 step engagement-to-departure process from start the job with enthusiasm to quit without a job, or stay and disengage.
Leigh has written a very informative and helpful book that is very important is your are involved in employee retention. Included in the book is 54 item checklist of employer-of-choice engagement practices.
I strong encourage you to purchase the book and learn more about these 7 reasons employees leave:
- The job or workplace was not as expected.
- There was a mismatch between job and person
- There was too little coaching and feedback
- There were too few growth and advancement opportunities.
- Employees feel devalued and unrecognized
- Employees are stressed from overwork and work-life imbalance.
- A loss of trust and confidence in senior leaders.
This book is a classic book in the library of anyone involved in employee engagement.
Terrence Seamon | Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
A very good book by Leigh Branham. I “second” your motion, David.
Terry
David Zinger | Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
Terrence,
It is a little older but a classic.
David
Lance | Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
I’ll check it out David.
On a funny sidenote, our quickest person to start and quit was 2 hours. She started at 10 AM and never came back after lunch. I guess she quickly figured out #1 above!
Daryl Mather | Jul 20, 2008 | Reply
Dear David, I will check that out. I have never thought of the issues on the list before but each one of them absolutely resonates with me. Thanks for the post.
From what I see there is very little hope of fixing some of these issues. Everyone is overworked and over stressed these days. The time required to focus individually on each employer is diminishing, and the obsession with flat structures continues to leave many people without a ghost of a chance at promotion.
Great post!
David Zinger | Jul 23, 2008 | Reply
Lance:
What a great little time at work. 2 hours and then retirement.
Daryl:
Kind of sad what you wrote. I still have some hope but rather than hope I would like to do things in the present moment for people and with people and it the situation is not good I would be tempted to find a more hopeful situation. Perhaps this is a bit idealist but I would rather be a happy idealist than an unhappy realist.
David