Free Workplace Culture & Accountability Report

FREE RESEARCH REPORT

Nearly half of your "it's okay here" employees would leave for the same job, with no raise.

The Accountability & Culture Reality Check reveals the hidden culture risks quietly costing you people, performance and customers, and what leaders can do about them.

Survey of over 1,000 employees across multiple industries · 50 page report · Free PDF

What's inside the report

Spot your hidden flight risks. See why employees who call your culture “okay” are the most likely to walk out the door.

Win the talent you’re losing before the interview. Learn how culture reputation filters out candidates before pay is even discussed.

Measure what accountability is worth. See the 28-point happiness gap between organizations with and without real accountability.

Fix culture where it actually lives. Understand why your supervisors, not your values statement, decide whether people stay.

Brief your leadership team in 10 minutes. Clear charts and plain-language takeaways you can drop into your next meeting.

4 of the key findings inside

A preview. the full report explains what’s behind each number and what to do about it.

This report goes beyond opinions. It uncovers both the hidden and not-so-hidden costs of culture that are already impacting your bottom line—through turnover, disengagement, lost productivity, and missed opportunities. It also reveals what separates organizations that struggle to sustain performance from those that consistently win.

61%

of employees who rate their culture a 6–7 out of 10 would leave for a 10% raise.

73%

won’t even interview at a company known for bad culture, whatever the pay.

45%

of employees would accept a lower salary to work at a company with a great culture.

69%

would leave if company values contradicted their own, no matter the paycheck.

About the Study

The Accountability & Culture Reality Check is an annual study of how accountability and culture drive performance, retention, ethics and customer experience. This edition surveyed 1008 employees across multiple industries.

We asked more than 1,000 employees a simple question: “How would you rate your organization’s culture?” The answers revealed truths that challenge assumptions—and expose costs many leaders don’t see until it’s too late.

About Sam Silverstein

Accountability Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives, transform the way they do business, and to thrive at extraordinary levels.

Ultimately Sam teaches and inspires leaders to design a sustainable high-performance culture to build stronger businesses, communities, and people.

Employee turnover in our industry is very high. Our turnover last year was 32% but two other major companies in our industry had turnover of 100% and 300% respectively. I credit our lower turnover to the quality of the organizational culture that we created by working with Sam Silverstein.