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Observable Retention Risk Indicators β€” The Retention Studio LLC
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Observable Retention
Risk Indicators
What to watch for before people tell you they are leaving. Organized across the five touchpoints where retention is won or lost.
"You don't need a resignation letter to know someone is leaving. You need to know what to look for before they decide."
Before You Begin
Pick one person. Go through the list with them in mind.

Choose someone you have a quiet concern about, or someone you cannot afford to lose. This is not a team audit β€” run it person by person.

You are not looking for proof. You are looking for patterns you have been too busy to name. Signals are not accusations. They are invitations to pay closer attention.

This is different from the workbook. The Retention Reality Checkβ„’ measures your retention system. This checklist measures individual risk β€” what you are actually observing in a specific person right now.

One signal is a moment. Two or three from the same person within 60 days is a conversation you need to have.

Total signals flagged
0 of 75
Pattern detected. Have the conversation.
How to read each signal type
Performance
Signals visible in someone's output, quality, and trajectory. What you can observe or measure in the work itself.
Behavioral
Signals visible in how someone shows up, moves through the company, and relates to the people around them. What you can see without looking at the work.
Leadership
Signals visible to you as the leader. What you may be doing, not doing, or not yet seeing that is contributing to the risk. This is a two-way mirror.
Flag signals above first β€” then download your report to send before Audit Day
When you notice a pattern
Do not address the behavior. Address the person.

This checklist is not a performance tool. It is a relationship tool. The goal is not to catch people β€” it is to see them before they stop feeling seen.

Ask one question: "How are you actually doing here?" Then listen for what they do not say.

What Comes Next
You already knew something was off.
Now you know where.

Flagging signals tells you where to look. The Retention Intelligenceβ„’ Audit tells you what it means, which of your five touchpoints is driving the most risk, and what to do about it β€” in the right order, with a plan you can act on the same week.

One day. All five touchpoints assessed. You leave with a complete diagnosis, a turnover cost analysis, a 90-Day Action Roadmap, and one precision fix deployed. Your time commitment: 2–3 hours.

This Checklist
Shows you the signals. Tells you where to look. Gives you one question to ask.
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The Audit
Tells you which signals matter most, which touchpoint is your primary leak, and delivers a precision fix so it stops compounding.
  • Full 5-touchpoint diagnostic
  • Turnover cost analysis
  • Manager blind spot assessment
  • Diagnostic Report with root causes
  • 90-Day Action Roadmap
  • 1 precision fix deployed
  • Day 7 check-in call

One day. Your time commitment: 2-3 hours.

$1,447
$947
with code AUDIT
Use code AUDIT at checkout β€” $500 off, valid for 7 days
One prevented departure covers this 50x over.
Book the Audit β€” $947 with code AUDIT β†’
No obligation. You will know within the first 30 minutes whether it is worth continuing.