What’s the likelihood that you’re going to voluntarily leave your current company within the next 12 months?

Our reader poll today asks: What’s the likelihood that you’re going to voluntarily leave your current company within the next 12 months?

• 100%: 17.22%
• 66-99%: 11.80%
• 33-65%: 11.79%
• 1-32%: 20.99%
• 0%: 38.20%

Bye. 28% of respondents are headed out the door in the next 12 months. Guess what, leaders? These results are probably indicative of your team members’ sentiments too. If you’re not careful, you’re going to have some vacancies to fill. We all know it’s cheaper (and more effective) to keep the talent you have versus finding new employees. Do what you can to keep your folks on board. Don’t make the foolish short-term decision on being cheap on a bonus or raise that they deserve only to cost yourself a great employee and possibly replace them with someone who isn’t a fit for the role or takes 6-12 months to achieve role competence. Take care of your talent or another organization will be more than happy to have them fill a vacant role on their team.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.