Turnover in a company is a healthy step in the employment cycle. Fresh ideas and skillsets come in, and previous employees go on career progression.
But what if high and sudden turnover occurs in a company? Poor leadership and management decisions can sometimes be the cause of mass attrition. Employees can be unhappy with how the company is run, feel underappreciated, or make a move if there is a major restructuring planned.
Let’s find out the ways how top management decisions could be the cause of high turnover.
Ignoring feedback
Employees can give feedback at different stages of their work-life. Informally during team meetings and meals or formally during appraisals and through official feedback channels.
With the employees encouraged to share, the information given, discrepancies and inefficiencies highlighted – why is little to no improvements being done?
This is one of the peeves that employees have. Firstly, they struggle to be heard and after they are given a chance to speak up, the top management does nothing. This frustrating cycle can lead to employee dissatisfaction and reasons to leave.
Feedback tends to be on the negative side but top management should not disregard it. It is a chance to open constructive conversations and bring issues to the table to understand them better.
If feedback is shut down and not addressed, it can create a culture of employees being afraid to speak up or withholding information to make the company stronger.
Micromanaging the management team
One of the ways a CEO can contribute to poor leadership leading to employee dissatisfaction is by micromanaging the top management team.
Targets are set and the CEO has to perform and meet, sometimes, unrealistic expectations. This can lead to micromanagement and trickle down to the staff.
In micromanaging, it can be disempowering for top management as they are unable to have complete control and decision-making authority.
Allow the company’s leaders to live up to their full potential, take ownership and lead their divisions to better productivity and output.
