When Employees Leave: Managing Trust, Risk and Security Beyond Exit

When employees leave, it is often treated as a process — access removed, systems closed, the relationship ended.

But for people, it is a moment of change.

A shift in identity, status and direction — shaped by how that experience is perceived.

At the same time, for organisations, this is often when risk is most concentrated. Knowledge remains. Relationships continue. And control begins to reduce.

So what really happens to trust at the point of exit?

In this episode, Tim Slattery and Marina Shteinberg from Pentagram Advisory explore why exit and post-employment risk are often overlooked — and why how organisations manage people at this moment can shape what happens next.