How to Conduct Stay Interviews Before Your Best People Leave

Most managers wait until someone resigns to find out what's wrong. This episode makes the case for stay interviews—a structured conversation that surfaces what keeps your top performers engaged and what might drive them away. Lucas and Luna walk through a specific framework from a real-world Fortune 500 pilot that cut voluntary turnover by nearly a third in six months. They cover the five core questions, common mistakes managers make (like turning the conversation into a performance review), and how a small upstate New York manufacturing company used stay interviews to retain a key engineer who was already polishing his resume. If you manage people, this episode gives you a script you can use in your next one-on-one. No consultant-speak, no fluff. Just a better way to learn what your A players actually need. #StayInterviews #Retention #EmployeeEngagement #ManagerTips #TeamCulture #TalentManagement #TurnoverReduction #Fortune500 #Manufacturing #TopPerformers #OneOnOnes #PeopleManagement #Leadership #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheManagersHour #WorkCulture Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo