8 Things Leaders Do That Make Employees Quit

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Algorithms are becoming increasingly relevant in the workplace. From sifting through resumes to deciding who gets a raise, many of these new systems are proving to be highly valuable. But perhaps their most impressive, and relevant, capability is predicting which employees will quit. IBM is in the process of patenting an algorithm that can supposedly predict flight risk with 95% accuracy. Given that we are in a candidate-driven market, this is a significant innovation….

Harvard Business Review report by Jon Christiansen, who has discovered eight common leadership mistakes that make employees quit. Clue: putting people into the wrong jobs, or assigning overly easy tasks, are just two of them