Building Relationships: A Gateway to Closing the Revolving Door

December 3, 2025

Building Relationships: A Gateway to Closing the Revolving Door

Ramona Rodriguez | 2024

Abstract

The revolving door has been an issue, with more employees becoming disengaged, silently quitting, and many leaving to pursue other employment opportunities.ⁱ Although the pay was one reason employees left their current employment, culture, and engagement were the most significant reasons for leaving their current employers.ⁱⁱ If employers want to stop the revolving door, they must do something different to retain their current workforce. An organization must assess the culture of the organization to make the necessary changes to retain skillful employees, as it costs organizations billions of dollars for employees to miss days from work due to psychological effects from toxic cultures and to hire and train new staff.ⁱⁱⁱ Organizations must assess the organizational culture and have a clear vision if they are to successfully lead organizations, as studies indicate that highly productive companies have been due to having a vision that aligns with the organizational goals.^iv

Leaders must consider the lessons learned from the past to avoid making the same errors that lead employees to disengage, as leaders play an integral role in setting the stage for employees to become more engaged. In a time where the one thing that remains constant is change in a competitive market, leaders need to adapt to change.^v Good leaders do not just develop people who follow; they create other leaders. Leaders must find the hidden jewels that have leadership capabilities and build them up to be the next leaders of the next generation. Trust must be created and earned through actions the leader takes.

ⁱ Yi, R (2023). 6 Worrying workplace number- And what you can do about them.
ⁱⁱ Global Indicator: Employee Retention & Attraction, (n.d). Gallup. Retrieved Jan 10, 2024. https://www.gallup.com/467702/indicator-employee-retention-attraction.aspx
ⁱⁱⁱ (Hetrick, 2023) Toxic Organizational Cultures and Leadership
^iv (Schein, 2016) Organizational culture and leadership. (Hultman & Gellermann, 2002) Balancing individual and organizational values: Walking the tightrope to success.
^v (Holbeche & Matthews, 2012a) Engaged unleashing your organization’s potential through employee engagement

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