The pattern
Exits read in aggregate — who leaves, from where, how, and what the shape of it says about the place.
Reading a Year of Exits Together
What an annual review of departures should measure, why the aggregate is more useful than any individual case, and the four patterns worth looking for.
Turnover by Manager, and What It Does Not Prove
How to read turnover concentrated in one team without jumping to conclusions, the four innocent explanations, and what to do when none of them fits.
Why Exit Interviews Tell You So Little
The four reasons exit interviews produce bland answers, what to change about who asks and when, and why the stay conversation six months earlier is worth more.
The Resignations That Were Really Dismissals
Spotting departures recorded as resignations that were something else, why it matters in aggregate, and resignations given in the moment.
Counting What an Exit Actually Costs
The seven components of the cost of a departure, which of them appear in any budget, and why the invisible ones are the argument for a better process.
Where Compliance Failures Cluster
The five places exit failures concentrate — function handovers, immediate exits, small teams, long service, the weeks after the last day.
A Leaver Process That Does Not Depend on Memory
Building a departure process that works when the experienced people are away: one checklist, named owners, a holder until closure, and an annual review.