Why Your Best People Go Quiet Before They Leave with Nick Day #189
In this episode of The HR L&D Podcast, Nick Day, CEO at JGA Recruitment Group, breaks from his usual format for the first time in more than 200 episodes.
Title: 🌟 Why Your Best People Go Quiet Before They Leave with Nick Day #189🌟
Host: 🎙️ Nick Day, CEO of specialist HR Recruitment Agency, JGA Recruitment Group
Episode Overview:
🔊 In this insightful episode of The HR L&D Podcast, host Nick Day breaks from his usual format for the first time in more than 200 episodes. There is no guest this time, just Nick, a microphone, and one idea he cannot stop thinking about. After 24 years of exit interviews and placing over 10,000 professionals across 40+ countries, he has built his own coaching framework around fear. This episode is where he unpacks it in full.
Key Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Why every resignation actually starts months before someone hands in their notice.
- The hidden cost of silence, and why it rarely shows up on a balance sheet.
- How the fear equation explains why capable people go quiet under pressure.
- Practical steps for catching fear in the moment using the BOLD protocol.
- Why psychological safety has to start with leaders before it can spread to a team.
Useful Links From This Episode:
- 👤 Host Nick Day LinkedIn Profile
- 📢 JGA HR Recruitment
- 🎧 Check out our sister podcast, The Payroll Podcast
HR LEADERS – I CALL YOU ALL TO ACTION! 📢
If you have any HR or L&D that require the support of a specialist HR recruitment agency, please contact JGA Recruitment Group! We can also support executive coaching and consulting services supporting HR leaders towards transformative leadership and sustainable growth. Contact Nick at [email protected] or call at 01727800377.
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