Cut Your Employee Turnover by 50% in the Next 12 Months. Guaranteed.
The Employee Retention Group helps you recruit, retain, and create a dream organization for high performers while avoiding high employee turnover which creates business chaos.
Start with our calculator to find out
"What Is Turnover Really Costing You?"
Use the same tool that we use every day to analyze and uncover what turnover may be costing your organization.
Where are you losing and how much will you gain or save?
The answers are here:
The Talent Marketplace is Undergoing a Revolution...
More and more, companies are waking up to the excruciating difficulty and cost of recruiting or replacing valuable teammates.
Just like any other critical area within a successful business, you need a clearly defined strategy for building up your team with future success in mind.
Your team drives the vision, and you have the power to cultivate an environment where they thrive.
The Employee Retention Group specializes in giving you the support, structure, and tools to build in the way that fits your organization best.
Employee Turnover Costs More Than You Realize...
You may already know how costly, exhausting, and disruptive losing key team members is on the bottom line.
A constant cycle of hiring, training, and replacing top talent drains your time, budget, and morale.
Employee turnover doesn’t just impact HR—it affects everyone and your results from the top down. Every lost employee means wasted resources and increased stress on your existing team.
No two businesses are the same, which is why we focus on creating a tailored solution that will give you the right process quickly—without worrying about adding more work to your hiring team or HR.
Many Industries Are Having a Retention Crisis:
Leisure & Hospitality
79% turnover rate due to seasonal employment and high job demands.
Professional & Business Services
57% turnover rate driven by competitive job markets and evolving skill demands.
Construction
54% turnover rate caused by project-based employment and workforce mobility.
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
49% turnover rate due to labor shortages and demanding work conditions.
Education & Health Services
39% turnover rate resulting from burnout and work-life balance challenges.
Manufacturing
37% turnover rate due to automation shifts and skilled labor shortages.
Information Technology
32% turnover rate as companies compete for highly specialized talent.
Financial Activities
29% turnover rate, influenced by rapid technological shifts and career mobility.
Government
18% turnover rate, typically lower due to job stability but still impacted by retirements and policy changes.
When You Work With
The Employee Retention Group, You Will:
Turn your hiring and HR into a Profit Center:
Reduce your hiring costs from the very beginning, increase team retention, and drive business growth with the right experience for your team and needs. You'll not only save money immediately, but the productivity boost is fast and easily measured.
Identify (and stop) the biggest risks creating your turnover from the very beginning to cut your employee turnover by 50% in 12 months or less - guaranteed:
The Employee Retention Group understands the most common risk factors, looks at your structure, and helps you or your team achieve substantial reductions in employee attrition as quickly as possible.
Create the long-term system that gives your team a clear, repeatable system to use going forward:
There's no guesswork involved. From the beginning, you'll focus on a structured, data-driven system that keeps your team and results growing. You'll also implement and utilize critical behavioral insights and workforce analytics to focus on what will actually work for your organization.
Gain Executive Buy-In:
The results speak for themselves and help overcome one of the biggest challenges HR leaders face. We help you present the data and your retention strategy in a way that resonates with company leadership.
Win the Hearts and Minds of Your Current and Future Team
Every business is the product of its people.
You deserve an engaged team and workforce where employees are excited to come to work each day, have clear goals when they come on board, and are inspired by the leadership on a daily basis.
Your workplace will thrive with the right leadership, culture, and systems to maintain your success long term.We’re excited to create your dream team with you.
Quick Facts
According to a 2022 report from Gallup, companies that invest in employee well-being and personal fulfillment report 21% higher profitability, 41% reduction in absenteeism, and 59% lower turnover rates.
$15K
The average cost per departing employee across industries.
$1 Trillion
U.S. businesses lose annually due to voluntary employee turnover.
Success By the Numbers with Our Employee Retention Calculator
1
Calculate
Use our tool to determine your true turnover costs and highest risks.
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Use the Data to Your Advantage
Once you know where to look, you’ll know exactly how to use the data.
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Know Where to Start
Use what you discover from the calculator or schedule a session with our team to start building your dream system from where you are now.
Ian Watts
is an accomplished author, speaker, and expert on employee retention, helping executives reduce turnover by over 50% in 12 months or less through his proven ACTS Method of Engagement. With two decades of experience as a business coach, Ian has built HR systems that scaled staffing from 6 to 60 locations nationwide, and has successfully recruiting over 400 team members with minimal turnover.
As the founder of SB Dream Coach and The Employee Retention Group, Ian has transformed leaders in over 30 industries across 40+ states and globally in countries like China, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. He has shared stages with renowned speakers such as ET, the Hip Hop Preacher, and Coach Stormy Wellington, and has been featured on FOX News (Detroit), Equipped with Chris Brooks, and the Business Breakthrough Podcast.
A Bachelor of Business Administration graduate, Ian is also a servant-leader, having served in ministry for over a decade, including leading EMERG (Evangel Ministries Economic Restoration Group).
His mission is to “Build Businesses that Bless the World.”
Ian Watts Has Been Featured In:
Leading HR Conferences and Industry Panels
We're Difference Makers:
Expertise supporting organizations from early-stage startups to multi-billion-dollar corporations.
Successfully expanded HR operations from 6 to 60 locations nationwide.
Developed the ACTS Method, a structured, science-backed retention system.
Helped organizations cut hiring costs and improve engagement.