Ambits Leadership Survey’s:
Knowledge Retention
“How is your company preparing for the people- and knowledge-retention consequences of key departures?”
Hello Leaders,
As a Partner for Leadership Development, Ambits is always on the lookout for patterns in daily struggles that Leaders have.
And what we’ve seen these past weeks:
Knowledge risk is rising—retirements, attrition, reorgs. When a key leader leaves, the true cost can reach ~201% of annual salary (lost momentum, backfill, onboarding, customer risk, rework). That’s not a line item; it’s a drag on execution.
That’s why we’re launching a short survey: “Knowledge Retention -
“How is your company preparing for the people- and knowledge-retention consequences of key departures?” — anonymous • ~5 minutes • we’ll share results later
Purpose: surface patterns and feed back practical tools to HR Teams.
What we’re probing:
Succession readiness: critical roles, successors, coverage plans
Early pairing & shadowing: expert ↔ successor, co-ownership of cases
Mentoring & communities of practice: case clinics, buddy systems
Metrics that matter: time-to-autonomy, bus factor, defect/customer risk
Leaders reduce single points of failure. Help us map what keeps knowledge in the building.
