📉 Why Your Best Employees Quit

On today’s agenda:

📉 Why the best employees quit

📑 HR template pack

🕑 Quiet automation countdown

🧭 HR hiring slump

THE HR SPOTLIGHT

📉 Behind the Turnover Curtain: Why Your Best Employees Quit

Top performers are the engines of a business — but oftentimes, they quietly slip out the door faster than you’d expect. The thing is, many exits are not inevitable; they’re signals HR leaders can’t afford to ignore.

👻 The Turnover Reality - Recent Gallup research found that 42% of voluntary employee exits were preventable, meaning something could have been done to keep them. Most of the time, it comes down to issues like weak leadership, unclear career paths, or toxic culture — not just pay. There’s also management dissatisfaction, negative work environments, and lack of growth opportunities — especially among high performers who could stay but choose not to.

🛠️ What HR Can Do

✔ Feedback Often - Weekly check-ins focused on wins and obstacles keep high performers engaged.

✔ Show Growth Paths - Offer visible stretch assignments and clear advancement — employees stay when they see next steps. 

✔ Recognize Specifically - Praise concrete achievements quickly to reinforce effort and impact. 

✔ Protect Autonomy & Purpose - Give trusted employees ownership over how they work and tie daily tasks to meaningful outcomes.

Top performers don’t walk out from jobs, they walk out from environments. Start listening, supporting, and planning today to keep your best from walking out tomorrow.

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📌 Why Top Performers Quit Quietly »

FLASH VOTE

📑 A Template Pack for HR Teams That Value Clarity

🧭 HR Hiring Still in a Slump — HCAMag

• What’s unfolding: IU.S. demand for HR roles is still about 20% below pre-pandemic levels, despite broader job growth, signaling slower hiring for people teams.

• Why it matters: Leaner HR teams mean heavier workloads and tighter budgets, so leaders should reassess capacity and align HR priorities with core business goals.

• What’s unfolding:  Zety reports 66% of workers spend 6+ hours weekly fixing poor AI output, cutting into productivity and morale.

• Why it matters: HR must pair AI adoption with training and clear standards to prevent burnout and protect quality.

• What’s unfolding: Dr. Alice Chiao is teaching AI to think like a doctor, part of a $17B trend where experts train AI in medicine, law, and finance.

• Why it matters: HR pros need to plan for new hybrid roles, redesign job descriptions, and update skills frameworks as employees shift from traditional tasks to AI‑training and oversight functions.

COMPLIANCE CORNER

• What’s unfolding: Boeing’s move to shift engineering roles to South Carolina has raised union concerns about job security and workforce impact.

• HR implications: Workforce relocations demand clear communication and transition support, or risk morale dips and retention challenges during organizational change.

• What’s unfolding: A federal judge is facing scrutiny after reports of an “abusive workplace” and misconduct complaints from a former clerk.

• HR implications: The case highlights how unchecked power and weak reporting systems damage culture, reminding HR leaders to reinforce safe complaint channels and accountability at every level.

• What’s unfolding: Over 1.4 million NHS workers will receive a 3.3% pay rise starting April.

• HR implications: Large-scale pay moves signal continued wage pressure; U.S. HR leaders should reassess compensation strategies to stay competitive.

BREAKROOM

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