Dive Brief:
- It happens all the time. Great employees say goodbye to great companies, despite the best intentions and efforts of both parties.
- For some, the honeymoon is over fairly quickly, according to an article at Business2Community. In fact, some leave within the first three months. What went wrong?
- Author Gary Magenta, senior vice president at Root, an HR consulting firm, said the leading reason for the early departure is the new employee is unhappy with his or her manager. And that responsibility rests on the employer, which often does not provide the right tools and support to make them effective managers.
Dive Insight:
Magenta cites a Progressive Business Publication study that revealed that 52% of employers trained managers just once a year (or less). With that data, he writes, managers are often doomed to "fail as mentors, coaches and team leaders."
Rather than being there to support new employees, untrained managers often bypass critical processes such as onboarding, training and ongoing coaching. Of course, the managers still expect greatness from their new charges -- an expectation that portends failure.
Smart employers offer managers the time for proper training and coaching their employees. Managers need to know how to consistently involve their teams in relevant topics across the business. The responsibility for these deliverables falls largely on the leadership team, including HR partners, according to Magenta.
In the end, Magenta writes, it's likely that great employees leave great employers who fail their managers.