How an employee’s direct manager behaves has a huge impact on worker retention. Data from Forrester’s Future Of Work Survey, 2025, revealed that 54% of workers would describe their manager as a coach, up from 50% in 2024. Employees with a coaching manager are 1.7 times more likely to say they plan to stay at their current company for the next 12 months than employees who don’t have a manager they perceive as a coach. This data snapshot shows how manager coaching impacts an employee’s intention to stay at their current company.