Why Your Best People Keep Leaving | EP 187

Your best person quitting rarely has anything to do with the money they say it's about. In this episode I break down the real reason your top people leave, what it actually costs you when a good person walks out the door, and how to build a business your best people don't want to leave. I spent 10 years as a director and shareholder of a $3M engineering consultancy that we grew to a $30M engineering, town planning, surveying and architecture consultancy - and losing good people taught me this the hard way. I also share the story of Andrew, a Boardroom member who backed his existing team instead of constantly hiring externally - promoting internal talent and putting proper HR foundations in place - and hit his highest invoicing month ever, then broke that record again the very next month. Inside this episode we cover:- Why your best people almost never leave for the money- What losing one A-player really costs beyond their salary- How to give your team a career pathway they can actually see- Why culture is what you tolerate and reward, not a poster on the wall- What Andrew did that led to two record months back to back If a good person has ever left and caught you off guard, this episode will show you exactly why - and how to stop it happening again. 👉 Check out our $10M+ Consultancy Roadmap Training. It's a step-by-step guide to help you move from wherever you are now — whether that's $1M, $3M, $5M or $10M and beyond — and build a business you can genuinely be proud of - https://go.coachignite.com/start 📚 Get the book - https://go.coachignite.com/book 🎧 Listen to the podcast - https://www.coachignite.com/podcasts/the-ignite-podcast-with-josh-stone 🌐 Visit the website - https://www.coachignite.com/ Don't forget to subscribe so you get notified of future episodes