Work Institute uncovers objective workforce truth and guides leaders in turning insight into action that strengthens engagement, and the workforce health that drives performance.
Three steps organize everything we do. Not a dashboard handed over — a partnership that stays with you from the first question to the decisions that follow.
We start by defining what success looks like and where clarity is needed most — before any method is chosen. Your priorities set the agenda, not a fixed template.
Mixed-method research is the foundation for how we find why people stay, leave, and disengage, not just what the numbers show. When the question calls for it, we hear those reasons in employees' own words.
Practical, prioritized moves with sustained support. Insight without action is a report on a shelf — we stay with you through the decisions that follow.
Some engagements begin with a question still taking shape. Others begin with a defined scope. Either way, the work ends in the same place: causes made visible, and decisions grounded in evidence.
"We have a workforce problem and need help thinking it through."
"We already know what we need. Are you the better partner?"
Each year Work Institute interviews more than 20,000 employees about why they stay, leave, and disengage. The Retention Report distills those findings into the leading indicators executives can act on — before turnover reaches the numbers.
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We believe the workplace can work better.
Discover the problems worth solving, then act on them with a partner who has listened to nearly a million employees. Start with a conversation, or start with the report.
