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Retaining Leadership Talent

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Building a culture of growth, connection, and belonging that keeps people committed and engaged.

  • Spotting early signs of disengagement and addressing them before turnover starts. Increasing talent retention long term.

  • Understanding why retention matters — and the true cost of losing top performers. Then gaining practical tools to reduce employee turnover.

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April 2026

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This course is part of the Leadership Psychology: Motivation, Resilience & Well-Being Specialization
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There are 6 modules in this course

Fiona Dewar brings 35 years of hands-on HR and leadership experience to this course. She's helped organisations struggling with high turnover, built retention strategies from the ground up, and coached leaders on how to keep top talent engaged and thriving. The tools and approaches you’ll learn come from real stories, real challenges, and real results - tested in the workplace, not lifted from textbooks.

Are you losing great people faster than you can replace them? Struggling to keep your high performers motivated, engaged, and committed? In a competitive talent market, retention isn’t a “nice to have” - it’s a leadership priority. Whether you work in HR, lead a team, or run an organisation, this course gives you practical, proven strategies to keep your best people right where they belong. Retention isn’t luck. Pay and benefits matter, of course, but employees stay for deeper reasons: belonging, growth, recognition, development, clarity, connection, and great leadership.  This course moves beyond theory and gives you straightforward, actionable tools you can apply immediately to strengthen engagement, reduce turnover, and create a workplace people don’t want to leave. This course is for HR professionals, leaders, managers, and organisations wanting practical, evidence-based tools to retain top talent and reduce costly turnover. Retention doesn’t happen by chance - it happens through leadership. If you want to reduce turnover, strengthen morale, build a culture of commitment, and keep your best people growing with you rather than leaving for someone else, enrol now and start building a workplace where great people want to stay.

Let's set the scene, and understand why retention is so important both financially and ethically at your business.

What's included

4 videos4 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 15 minutes
  • Welcome To The Course3 minutes
  • Introduction1 minute
  • Why Retaining Top Talent Is Critical for Organisational Success5 minutes
  • The Role of Pay and Benefits in Employee Retention: Getting the Basics Right7 minutes
4 readingsTotal 40 minutes
  • Calculating the Cost of Staff Turnover10 minutes
  • Why compensation rates are so important10 minutes
  • Should pay rates be transparent?10 minutes
  • Workbook One - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Retention and Pay30 minutes

Although everyone at a company can play a role in improving retention, in this section we examine the role of leadership in building a positive culture with a long term mindset.

What's included

5 videos5 readings1 assignment

5 videosTotal 17 minutes
  • Introduction2 minutes
  • Who's responsible for retention in organisations?3 minutes
  • Meeting needs and expectations – rule number one of retention.5 minutes
  • How Growth, Feedback, and Recognition Drive Employee Retention and Engagement3 minutes
  • The Heart of the Team-Belonging, Purpose, and the Power of Connection4 minutes
5 readingsTotal 50 minutes
  • Transparency and praise {video}10 minutes
  • Understanding Engagement Factors10 minutes
  • Latest global engagement results10 minutes
  • Adding meaning to work {video}10 minutes
  • Workbook Two - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Engagement at your organisation30 minutes

Here we look at disengagement - why employees leave, or why they stay but don't produce their best work. Transforming these two metrics in your company will make a powerful difference to your bottom line.

What's included

4 videos7 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 15 minutes
  • Introduction3 minutes
  • Why Employees Stay or Leave: Key Factors Every Leader Must Understand5 minutes
  • Understanding Employee Engagement: Differences Between Engaged and Disengaged2 minutes
  • How to Spot and Address Employee Disengagement: Key Signs4 minutes
7 readingsTotal 70 minutes
  • Why do people leave? {video}10 minutes
  • Building a Sustainable Workforce Strategy10 minutes
  • Retention statistics {video}10 minutes
  • Employee Engagement Summary10 minutes
  • The three signs of a miserable job10 minutes
  • Quiet Quitting10 minutes
  • Workbook Three - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Untitled30 minutes

Now let's look at the communication aspects of retaining talent - how to run development interviews, have honest conversations and progression opportunities, and keep everyone motivated whilst still being honest.

What's included

7 videos5 readings1 assignment

7 videosTotal 28 minutes
  • Introduction3 minutes
  • How to Run Effective Development Interviews6 minutes
  • Navigating Blind Spots: Giving Feedback on Unseen Behaviours or Learning Needs5 minutes
  • Managing the Mismatch-When Career Expectations Exceed Ability5 minutes
  • Introduction2 minutes
  • How to Have Honest, Tough Conversations When Promotions Aren’t Available3 minutes
  • Creative Benefits to Retain Top Talent4 minutes
5 readingsTotal 50 minutes
  • Honesty in career options10 minutes
  • Workbook Four - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
  • Talking about the future with your team10 minutes
  • Pay and Reward report10 minutes
  • Workbook Five - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Untitled30 minutes

Now we look at things you can do to go over and above with employee engagement. Proactive steps to make sure retention is a priority for you and you are laying positive foundations pre-emptively before any issues even arise.

What's included

6 videos3 readings1 assignment

6 videosTotal 32 minutes
  • Introduction4 minutes
  • Stay Interviews: The Proactive Retention Tool Every Manager Should Use5 minutes
  • Metrics That Matter: Using Indicators to Improve Employee Retention8 minutes
  • The difference between succession and career planning5 minutes
  • Succession Planning: The Essential Proactive Tool for Retaining Top Talent6 minutes
  • Leadership Transitions and the Continuity of Talent Development5 minutes
3 readingsTotal 30 minutes
  • Succession planning {video}10 minutes
  • The "Nine Box" {video}10 minutes
  • Workbook Six - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Applying the Nine Box to your team30 minutes

Next, let's explore generational differences when it comes to talent. Recruiting and retaining people of all ages to ensure your company is balanced and varied. Then finally we come to mentoring and coaching - investing in your people and yourself to ensure continuous growth.

What's included

6 videos6 readings1 assignment

6 videosTotal 28 minutes
  • Introduction3 minutes
  • Different types of employees – the generational challenge of retention9 minutes
  • How to Retain Top Talent: Balancing Ambition and Wellbeing to Prevent Burnout5 minutes
  • The Banana of Boredom4 minutes
  • The Power of Mentoring: Retaining Top Talent Across Generations in the Workplace5 minutes
  • Wrap Up/Summary1 minute
6 readingsTotal 60 minutes
  • Retention of Gen X vs Millennials etc10 minutes
  • Recruiting and motivating the different generations10 minutes
  • The purpose of a mentor10 minutes
  • The evolution of a mentor relationship10 minutes
  • Coaching vs mentoring {video}10 minutes
  • Workbook Seven - Retaining Top Talent10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Your career engagement plan30 minutes

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