Employee Turnover Is the Highest It's Been in 10 Years. Here's What to Do About It.

There are two things that great managers know and leverage to build engagement in their teams and minimize turnover: who they have to return to and what they have to return to, writes leadership team coach Jeff Boss in Forbes . "Managers ... help employees want to show up — and stay — because they already understand what drives that employee (assuming there has been an ongoing dialogue between the two)," he notes. To reduce employee turnover, Boss suggests first prioritizing team functioning. "People want to be part of something great; they want to belong to something and work alongside like-minded individuals whom they like, trust and respect," he says. "It's incumbent upon the manager to set the conditions that allow for such successes to occur." Holding candid conversations with employees is another recommendation from Boss. "Conversations don't have to be difficult," he says. "They can — and should — be exploratory when you use questioning to your advantage."