Hold stay interviews
Sound familiar?
“My best people never tell me what's wrong until the day they hand in their notice.”
By Toby Egbuna
Co-founder, Chezie
What you'll need
- Your business profile. Don't have one? Start here →
- Your team list with start dates and roles
- Your email and calendar (Gmail or Outlook), connected or pasted
- A quiet place and 30 minutes per person
- The name of someone you'd call for HR or legal advice, if you have one
What you'll get
- A monthly list of who's due for a stay interview and which fixes you promised
- A ready-to-approve invite for each person, as a text and an email in your voice
- A one-page brief and conversation guide, with replies for the hard moments
- A short record of what you heard and the one fix you committed to
- A two-week report-back note, plus a plain summary for an HR or legal professional when something serious comes up
How it works
Run it the first Monday of each month. It tells you who on your team is due for a private, 30-minute one-on-one (about 6 months after they start, then every 6 months, starting with the people you'd most hate to lose), writes the invite in your voice, and gives you five questions to ask the same way every time plus a plan for listening instead of defending. After each talk it records the one fix you promised and drafts your report-back within two weeks; it never writes pay or discipline decisions, hands anything serious to an HR or legal professional, and nothing goes out until you approve it.