Q & A with the Author, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Read the Subtle Signs and Act Before It's Too Late, by Leigh Branham (AMACOM Books, 2005). For more information, or to order, go to: www.keepingthepeople.com The following Q&A is reprinted from the transcript of a recent media interview:

Question: Why did you decide to write this book?

Answer: This is the second book I've written on employee retention, but this one goes deeper because it's really about employee disengagement, which is what eventually causes most employees to leave their employers. As we know, many employees disengage but never leave their employers, which is tremendously draining in itself on a company's performance, especially in the economy we've experienced since 9/11/2001

So, I wrote this book mainly because I wanted to delve more deeply into the root causes of employee disengagement, but also because I was struck by the gaping disconnect between why employees really disengage and leave and the reasons managers think they leave.

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