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Reduce staff turnover

 

High turnover isn't just an HR issue – it’s a business risk.

When talented people leave, they take more than knowledge with them. They take momentum, culture, and continuity. And when staff turnover becomes a pattern, it doesn’t just cost time and money—it destabilises your entire organisation.

Today’s workforce has options. If people feel unheard, unsupported, or disconnected from purpose, they move on. And in a labour market defined by scarcity and choice, retention is no longer about compensation alone. It’s about experience, growth, and belonging.

At ImpactWork, we help organisations shift from reacting to departures to building a culture where people choose to stay. Because reducing turnover isn’t about holding people in place—it’s about giving them a reason to grow with you.

94%
of Dutch employees consider a healthy work-life balance a top priority. 61% would reject a job offer if it disrupted that balance.
Why?

The Challenge: 

Organisations often try to fix high turnover with exit interviews, salary increases or last-minute perks. But by the time someone resigns, it’s usually too late.

The real causes of staff turnover go deeper:

  • Lack of development opportunities and career pathways

  • Poor onboarding and disconnected early experiences

  • Leadership that fails to listen, recognise, or empower

  • Mismatched values or team culture

  • Absence of flexibility, autonomy or psychological safety

When employees don’t see a future with you, they’ll find one somewhere else. And that revolving door leads to talent drain, team instability, and increasing recruitment pressure.

The key? Don’t just measure why people leave—understand what makes them stay.

Our approach.

We don’t believe in short-term fixes when it comes to reducing staff turnover. Employee retention isn’t about plugging holes—it’s about creating sustainable change by designing an employee experience that inspires people to stay and grow.

Our approach moves beyond transactional HR policies or generic engagement programs. Instead, we focus on building the structures, behaviours, and systems that enable long-term commitment—driven by purpose, opportunity, and connection.

Here’s how we work with you to turn retention into a strategic capability:

Map the real employee journey

Turnover often results from a disconnect between expectations and experience. That’s why we begin by mapping the actual employee journey—from recruitment and onboarding through to daily work, growth, and departure. We use qualitative interviews, sentiment analysis, and journey mapping tools to identify the critical touchpoints where people lose trust, energy, or clarity. 

For example, this gives us data-rich insight into:

  • Why people disengage before they resign

  • Where your onboarding, development, or communication processes fall short

  • How different subgroups (e.g. by generation, role, location) experience your organisation differently

Identify root causes of disengagement and turnover risk

High turnover is almost always a delayed signal of deeper organisational issues: limited growth, toxic microcultures, misaligned leadership. We surface these systemic drivers through pulse surveys, behavioural data, and team workshops. We don’t just fix symptoms—we uncover causes. 

Together, we create visibility around topics such as:

  • Career bottlenecks and talent drain

  • Leadership behaviours that erode trust

  • Cultural gaps between employee expectations and company values

Rebuilding a culture of growth, clarity, and beloning

Retention isn’t about making people stay—it’s about giving them reasons to. We help you strengthen internal mobility, develop clear career pathways, and redesign feedback loops that foster connection and recognition. We support managers in becoming talent developers, not just performance enforcers.

We embed...

  • ...Targetted and scalable development frameworks

  • ... Tailored leadership coaching focused on psychological safety and employee growth

  • ...Ownership and responsibilities for retention KPIs across teams and departments

''Reducing turnover is not about keeping people longer—it’s about giving them reasons to keep choosing you, every day.''
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The impact.

The impact of reducing staff turnover isn’t just operational—it’s cultural, strategic, and exponential. When people choose to stay, your organisation gains more than continuity—it gains momentum.

Our clients experience powerful shifts across key dimensions:

1. Stability and knowledge retention

High turnover drains institutional memory and disrupts team performance. When retention improves, knowledge stays, collaboration deepens, and productivity rises—without constant onboarding cycles.

2. Stronger employee engagement

People are more engaged when they see a future in your organisation. By addressing the root causes of turnover, we increase alignment between individual purpose and organisational mission.

3. Increased internal mobility and skills utilisation

Retention thrives in environments where people grow. With better visibility of skills and structured development pathways, you unlock internal potential—reducing the need for external hires and boosting agility.

4. Higher leadership effectiveness

Retention improves when managers lead with clarity, empathy, and empowerment. Through targeted leadership development, we help build teams where trust, recognition, and psychological safety are embedded in day-to-day management.

5. A resilient and magnetic employer brand

Every employee who stays by choice strengthens your employer brand. Organisations that prioritise wellbeing, clarity, and growth become talent magnets—retaining not only individuals, but whole networks of expertise.

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Co-founder ImpactWork
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