Why Your Best Employees Keep Leaving
The departure interview rarely tells the whole story. Here's what's usually underneath.
Top performers leave for the same reasons top performers always have: they have options, and they reach a moment when staying costs more than going. The question isn't whether they could leave, it's what made the cost flip.
Common patterns: a leader who couldn't be honest with them, a culture that asked them to carry invisible load, a stalled growth trajectory, or a colleague whose behaviour was repeatedly tolerated. Most of these have nothing to do with compensation.
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