For Individuals
The Promotion-Ready CV Checklist
The 10 things recruiters and hiring managers look for before they shortlist you. Used in real coaching sessions with real clients.
Resources
Tools to help you grow.
Free guides and practical resources for organisations building high-performing teams, and for individuals building the career they want.
Free Downloads
Practical tools you can use today. No cost, just your email address.
For Organisations
The Retention Audit Checklist
12 questions every HR leader should be asking before they lose their next great employee.
Workbooks & Guides
Practical tools worth owning, designed to be used again and again.
Career Coaching
The Career Advancement Workbook
Clarify your goals. Track your progress. Take the next step, on paper, before you take it in life. A practical workbook for career clarity, confidence and action.
The Newsletter
The Retention Note
A short, practical email on retention, leadership and navigating AI at work. No fluff, no daily inbox clutter. Sent fortnightly.
No spam. Unsubscribe any time.
Toolkits for Managers & HR Teams
Ready-to-use toolkits that each solve a defined workplace problem, supplied in editable and printable formats, with individual and team licences.
Featured
Self-Service Diagnostic
Retention Health Check Toolkit
Featured launch product and self-service diagnostic.
£29 · £79 team
View ToolkitStay Conversations
Stay Conversation Toolkit
Manager tool for understanding what encourages people to stay.
£24 · £69 team
View ToolkitConversation Skills
Better Manager Conversations
Practical conversation structures and follow-up tools.
£29 · £79 team
View ToolkitSurveys & Insight
Employee Experience Survey Toolkit
Survey, analysis and action-planning resources.
£35 · £95 team
View ToolkitOnboarding
First 90 Days Retention Toolkit
Onboarding and early-retention support.
£29 · £79 team
View ToolkitDevelopment & PDRs
Meaningful Development Conversations
Development and PDR conversation support.
£24 · £69 team
View ToolkitLaunch pricing. The price shown when you order is the price you pay, and it is the total payable, with no VAT added. Organisational licences are available by quotation.
Every toolkit in one bundle
The Retention & Leadership Toolkit Bundle brings all six toolkits together in one connected collection: from diagnosis and conversations through to onboarding and action planning. It's the simplest way to get the complete set:
- Retention Health Check Toolkit.
- Stay Conversation Toolkit.
- Better Manager Conversations.
- Employee Experience Survey Toolkit.
- First 90 Days Retention Toolkit.
- Meaningful Development Conversations.
Best Value
Complete Collection
The Retention & Leadership Toolkit Bundle
All six toolkits in one connected collection, designed to work together from diagnosis to action.
£89 · £199 team
View the BundleLearn live with Ruth
A practical 90-minute live masterclass exploring how disengagement develops, the warning signs managers miss and the conversations leaders can hold before a valued employee decides to leave. Every ticket includes:
- 90-minute live teaching session.
- Downloadable workbook.
- Live question session.
- Seven-day replay.
Live Online Masterclass
Why Good Employees Leave, and What Managers Can Do Earlier
A practical 90-minute live session on disengagement, warning signs and earlier conversations.
From £39 · team tickets available
Reserve a PlaceInsights
Insights on people, leadership and the future of work.
For Individuals
Career, promotion, CV, interviews and development.
For Organisations
Retention, culture and leadership.
Topics Ruth is writing about
- Five signs your retention problem may begin with management.
- Why an exit interview is often too late.
- Three questions every manager should ask before a valued employee resigns.
- Why organisations collect employee feedback but fail to act.
- AI cannot fix a badly designed workforce.
- Retention starts long before someone resigns.
Coming Later
Three larger projects are in development, with no launch dates announced yet. Join the newsletter below and you'll be the first to hear.
The Human Advantage
A forthcoming book on keeping people, culture and leadership at the centre of work in the age of AI.
Leadership That Retains Talent: Self-Paced Course
A self-paced practical course helping managers understand their influence on retention, recognise disengagement, improve employee conversations and create conditions where people can perform and stay.
The People Leaders' Hub
A membership in development, bringing together masterclasses, templates, live Q&A and a community of people leaders.