Have you ever seen a valued employee surprise you out of nowhere by leaving for a new job? Watching team members come and go is normal for HR leaders, but sometimes those employees would have stayed if only things were a little different.  

In fact, a Gallup survey in 2021 found that 52% of employees say their manager could have done something to prevent them from leaving. However, people aren’t always forthcoming about issues at work and so leaders are often surprised when good employees finally leave.  

One thing you can do is hold stay interviews with employees to see where they’re at and if there’s any indication that they might leave. In this episode of HR Unplugged, Anita Grantham, our Head of HR, joins Vanessa Brulotte, our HR Business Partner, to discuss the benefits of holding constructive stay interviews and the best ways to conduct them. 

Key Moments: 

• What is a stay conversation 
• The benefits of stay conversations for managers 
• How stay interviews benefit employees 
• How to choose who to have stay conversations with 
• Why stay conversations need to come from leaders 
• Questions and topics to cover in stay conversations 
• How Anita responded to Vanessa’s honesty in a stay conversation  

Key Links: 

• 5 Ways Managers Can Stop Employee Turnover by Gallup