2021 People Management Report

What’s causing employees to quit? Nearly 2,000 employees share why they’re resigning — and what managers can do to get them to stay. 

63% of employees with a bad manager are thinking of leaving their company within the next 12 months.

The Predictive Index® asked respondents the following question: Rate your manager on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being a “terrible” manager and 5 being a “world-class” manager.

An encouraging 65% of respondents considered their managers “world-class” or “good.” Only 13% said their managers were “terrible” or “not-so-great.” The remaining 22% chose “average.”

Of the employees with bad managers (“terrible” or “not-so-great”), 63% are thinking of quitting in the next year. Only 27% of employees with good managers (“world-class” or “good”) said the same.

Read all 20 findings and share them with your team, so that you can manage better and retain top talent.