More and more companies are losing more and more of their best workers.
According to a survey by Right Management, 54% of organizations involuntarily lost high-performing workers during the first half of the year and 28% were able to retain most of their top talent.
Gathering input from more than 550 North American respondents between May, 2010 and June, 2010, the survey asked participants: “Has your organization involuntarily lost talent in the first half of 2010?”
The responses were:
- 54% – Yes, a lot of our top talent has left.
- 18% – Some, but we have the talent to replace them.
- 28% – No, we’ve retained most of our top talent.
“We know there are a lot of unhappy and dissatisfied employees coming out of the recession but organizations need to focus on are their top performers. Top performers are responsible for a significant percentage of the work that gets done and are more inclined to walk out the door than ever before,” said Bram Lowsky, senior vice-president and general manager at Right Management.
Lowsky advised employers to be more in tune with their employees.
“An organization’s talent is often a company’s only differentiator and high-performing employees are key to executing on their business strategy. A business’s viability is at risk when workforce strategies and talent plans are ignored,” he said.
