The Mattering Mindset: Stop the talent Exodus

What This Is

A 3-hour virtual workshop that tackles why people actually leave organizations and gives you practical tools to stop it. This is not about perks or engagement surveys. This is about the daily practices that make people feel valued, heard, and connected to something bigger than their task list. We help you spot the patterns of disconnection before they become resignations.

Who This Is For

Leaders watching their best people burn out or walk away. Managers who know morale is low but don't know how to fix it. Anyone responsible for keeping talented people engaged when budgets are tight and demands are high. If you're tired of exit interviews revealing problems you wish you'd seen earlier, this session is for you.

What You'll Learn

By the end of this session, you'll understand:

• Why people really leave (hint: it's rarely about money)
• Practical frameworks for building cultures where people feel they matter
• Tools to recognize early warning signs of disengagement
• Strategies that work for stretched teams and tight budgets

Why This Matters

Turnover costs 150% of salary per person who quits. But the real cost is what you lose when your best people stop caring before they leave. Right now, nonprofits are hemorrhaging talent not because of compensation, but because workplace systems accidentally make good people feel invisible and replaceable.

This session is based on Four Simple Words' Mattering Mindset framework, grounded in the question "How do people feel in my presence?" When people feel they matter, leaving becomes unthinkable.

What to Expect

This is grounded in research and rooted in practice. We'll explore the patterns that disconnect people from their work and help you identify the early warning signals before talent walks. You'll leave with a framework for building stronger teams and specific practices you can start using the same week.

Facilitators

Lakhdeep Singh Dhaliwal has spent 20 years opening minds and hearts in classrooms, shop floors, and boardrooms across North America as a DEI professional. He's gifted at inviting groups into hard conversations about inclusion with grace, joy, and humor. Lakhdeep helps organizations understand and reimagine power so everyone feels they belong.

Curt Hammond has spent his career helping organizations find mission clarity through strategy and communication that actually works. He's facilitated thousands of meetings and trained hundreds of leaders on how to show up in service to others rather than systems. Curt specializes in pattern recognition methodology that helps leaders see what's really happening in their organizations before it's too late.

The Value

This framework-based training is adapted from our organizational consulting work. We're offering it at $299 to support Guelph-Wellington nonprofits as a follow-up to the Oak Tree Learning Lab.