By the time you find out someone’s leaving, it’s usually too late to fix it. That’s why I created the “Stay Interview Guide & Risk Tracker”—a practical, proactive tool designed to help managers spot retention risks early and build loyalty through meaningful, structured conversations.

What Is the Stay Interview Guide & Risk Tracker?

This isn’t a fluffy chat or a feel-good engagement survey. It’s a field-tested framework that turns stay interviews into strategic business tools. The guide equips leaders to:

1. Conduct high-impact stay interviews using structured scripts
2. Diagnose early warning signs before disengagement sets in
3. Quantify retention risk using a 150-point scoring model
4. Build targeted, data-driven action plans
5. Track outcomes over time at the individual, team, and organizational level

It’s built for managers who care about people—and performance.

Why Stay Interviews Matter

The mistake most companies make is treating retention as a reactive issue. Exit interviews don’t save talent. They explain why it’s already gone. Stay interviews shift the timeline. They uncover what’s working, what’s at risk, and what needs to change—before people start checking LinkedIn.

This toolkit helps you:

• Retain your top performers
• Strengthen manager-employee relationships
• Surface hidden risks that don’t show up in engagement surveys
• Build team-level dashboards to spot patterns
• Justify retention investments with data-backed ROI

When done right, stay interviews build trust, spark growth, and stop regrettable exits before they start.

What Makes This Toolkit Different

I designed this to be plug-and-play. No guesswork, no corporate speak. Just clear, actionable tools with proven results.

• Scripted Questions That Work: For every type of employee—from new hires to high performers
• Manager Prep Checklists: So conversations are informed, not improvised
• Risk Scoring System: A simple, data-backed model to categorize retention risk by level and root cause
• Action Tracking: Built-in frameworks to hold yourself accountable for what you learn
• Org-Level Reporting: Executive templates to connect micro-conversations to macro trends

Most importantly, it gives you confidence. Confidence to ask the real questions. Confidence to act on the answers.

How to Use It

The toolkit is broken into eight essential parts:

1. Framework: Understand what stay interviews are and when to use them
2. Preparation: Use the checklist to get your facts straight before the conversation
3. Questions: Six core interview questions plus custom prompts for different employee types
4. Risk Assessment: Quantify risks across five categories and calculate total exposure
5. Action Plans: Tailored responses based on risk level (low, moderate, high)
6. Follow-Up: Structured 30-day and quarterly review formats
7. Team Dashboard: Spot trends, identify systemic issues, and prioritize action
8. Executive Reporting: Show results and retention ROI in language decision-makers understand

Whether you’re managing five people or fifty, this system keeps you focused on what matters: keeping great people engaged.

Final Thought

Retention isn’t about making everyone happy—it’s about making the right people stay. The “Stay Interview Guide & Risk Tracker” gives you the tools to do just that. If you want to stop being surprised by resignations and start driving retention with purpose, this is where you begin.

Because the best time to save your talent isn’t during the exit interview. It’s today.

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