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S1. Retention Risk
Valuable employees mentally and emotionally disengage from the organization — while their performance still appears acceptable. Their intentions to leave are barely detectable until the resignation letter lands on the desk, throwing teams and succession planning into crisis.
Do these warning signs sound familiar?
Early warning signs
Organizational impact
What's the real challenge here?
Primary Goal: Develop early warning systems that identify retention risks months before the final decision is made — to intervene proactively, address root causes, and retain critical talent.
Why it matters: According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace Report 2025, global employee engagement fell to 21% in 2024, and manager engagement dropped from 30% to 27%. Organizations with proactive retention strategies see lower voluntary turnover and better preserve institutional knowledge and team stability.
Key questions:
Which engagement and motivation factors are declining before they become visible risks?
Which changes in the environment or leadership trigger increased intentions to leave?
Which personal values and career motivations are no longer fulfilled in the current role?
How can individual retention strategies be developed based on personal drivers and risk factors?
What does a solution look like?
These online assessment tools answer the questions — in two steps:
Phase 1 – Engagement and motivation risk
Before retention can be strengthened in a targeted way, it must be clear how far individual employees have already checked out internally. That's why the online assessment tools start with engagement:
Phase 2 – Predictive risk analysis and intervention
Only once the level of engagement is known can you gauge how acute the risk of departure really is:
How to spot a good online assessment tool.
I didn't check these providers & tools
on my own.
My AI colleagues Rafa and Miguel helped. We reviewed every tool for this case on what matters — what they measure, how well they fit, and how much effort implementation takes.
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Stephan Lessig
CEO Verbera GmbH
High information density paired with real expertise — for me, the fog has lifted over what had become a confusing market of tests and analytics.
Norbert Hübner
Owner, Coaching Contor
A very interesting, engaging and competent overview of different assessment methods. It helped me get to grips with the subject and identify suitable methods — which are now in use.
Christoph Schmidt
CEO Jost von Brandis Service-Agentur GmbH (Weischer.Mediengruppe)
The selection of tests gives you a very good overview of common personnel assessments, their foundations and possible applications.
Kerstin Bötel
Projectlead Gründungswerkstatt, hannoverimpuls GmbH
PEATS Guide – for anyone who wants to make the right decisions.
PEATS GUIDE · PROVIDER COMPARISON
S1 – Retention Risk
Which tool reliably identifies retention risks?
Early warning instead of resignation letters.
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6 providers compared
PROVIDER COMPARISON
Target audience, markets, references, founding year, headquarters, employee count, core competencies
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Strengths & weaknesses at a glance
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths, opportunities, and limitations for all providers
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What each tool really measures
TOOL COMPARISON
What is measured, primary application, assessment duration, and languages per tool
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Tool profiles in detail
TOOL PROFILES
With the key measurement dimensions