A short spoken segment (YouTube video) arguing that employees leave because of their bosses, not companies. The speaker warns CEOs that losing top talent leads to a cascade—B players remain, hire C players—and that multiple departures indicate a leadership problem; he advises becoming the kind of leader who attracts and retains top performers.
You'll never see somebody quit a company. They always quit their boss. Most CEOs, they don't realize that they're the reason that the top talent's leaving. And when you have top talent leave, here's what happens. Your B players stick around, and those B players hire C players. And within a few months, you're going to look around your company. You're going to realize you have a bunch of people that can't get a lot done. So if I see a team that has one person quit, that doesn't make a trend, two people quit, three people quit. I've got a problem with the leader. Become the person that can attract and keep those top players so that your company overall will succeed. Because people don't quit companies. They quit. You.
