The trust divide between leaders and their staff is splitting workplaces and causing workers to leave. Better analyze your managers’ attitudes
It’s been said that attitude is everything, and when it comes to staff turnover, it seems that’s pretty close to reality. Poor attitudes of supervisors will send workers running if you’re not careful, as a Development Dimensions International study demonstrates.
As a direct response to communication pitfalls, Rogers and his team have trained about 300 managers in the past 18 months in soft leadership skills.
“Communication is something that is always going to be an issue people bring up about their leaders, so that’s something we constantly work on,” Rogers said.
It seems trust of leadership is at the root of significant workplace issues around the world. A Leadership Pulse global survey last year identified what they called a ‘trust gap’, finding:
You might also like:
NYC’s best place to work has staff turnover of nil over last decade
Five signs your employee is about to resign
- Most employees (55%) have considered leaving a job because of their manager
- Four in 10 employees have left a job primarily due to management
As a direct response to communication pitfalls, Rogers and his team have trained about 300 managers in the past 18 months in soft leadership skills.
“Communication is something that is always going to be an issue people bring up about their leaders, so that’s something we constantly work on,” Rogers said.
It seems trust of leadership is at the root of significant workplace issues around the world. A Leadership Pulse global survey last year identified what they called a ‘trust gap’, finding:
- 64% of employees rated their level of trust of leadership as moderate at best
- 91% of employees said it was highly important to have leaders they trust, but only 48% of leaders agreed
- 87% of leaders said they always or often acknowledged their own mistakes, but only 19% of employees said this was the case with their own leaders
You might also like:
NYC’s best place to work has staff turnover of nil over last decade
Five signs your employee is about to resign