The Two Major Reasons Your Employees Fail and Quit

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

I spent a long time in recruiting before transitioning into coaching. I spoke to several million people during that time who looked for work or who were trying to hire. Rarely did anyone consider they were at fault for their circumstances.

Having spent time considering my conversations and speaking with others, I’ve come to understand that with few exceptions, the reason people fail rests with the manager and the institution and not the person.

That’s because people fail for two primary reasons:

1. The hiring manager did not know how to evaluate and assess the people s/he was hiring.
2. The hiring manager misrepresented the position and/or the work environment in the interview.

For example, after joining, you decided that someone is a poor job fit because they lack particular skills needed, whose fault is that? Yours. You read a resume. It was screened by someone in your talent acquisition organization before it was referred to you. You have them meet with a person or people from your department before meeting them and then someone in…