There is so much concern in organizations now about rising attrition, the Great Resignation and the loss of talent and essential skills, but where do you start? If today, employees generally feel it is easier to seek a new role outside the organization than inside, taking the following steps are a great place to start.

Make it easier for employees to find new internal opportunities than external ones to fend off attrition. This requires a critical mindset shift. In some instances, organizations count employees’ internal movement across roles in their attrition metrics. Instead, organizations should track internal retention (i.e., movement from one role in the organization to another) as a success metric.