ANCHOR™ Workforce Interview Certification


Conduct stay and exit interviews that actually improve engagement, performance, and employee development, reinforced through realistic practice with People Practice Simulations™.

Critical Challenges Facing Organizations:

  • Exit interviews treated as a formality instead of a decision tool
  • Feedback collected too late to influence performance or development
  • Managers unsure how to handle candid or emotional conversational
  • No clear process for prioritizing concerns or taking action
  • Missed opportunities to improve engagement before employees leave

Workforce Interviews as a Source of Retention Insight

Most organizations rely on exit interviews and annual surveys for employee feedback. These tools may reveal trends, but they rarely change outcomes.

ANCHOR™ equips managers to use structured workforce interviews as an ongoing practice to:

  • Surface concerns earlier
  • Support employee performance and development
  • Strengthen engagement and follow-through
  • Reduce preventable disengagement and turnover

This isn’t about collecting more feedback.
It’s about using conversations to drive better decisions.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT

  • ANCHOR™ Workforce Interview Certification credential
  • Structured interview tools for stay and exit conversations
  • Live practice using People Practice Simulations™ with human-controlled avatars
  • Facilitated observation, reflection, and calibration
  • Guidance for turning interview insights into performance and development actions

2026 COURSE SCHEDULE & INTEREST LIST

2026 courses will begin in late March, with additional sessions scheduled throughout the year.
Join the interest list to receive early access to course dates, enrollment details, and priority registration.

Monthly cohorts are intentionally small to allow for meaningful practice and scoring calibration.

Join the 2026 Waiting List


THE ANCHOR™ WORKFORCE INTERVIEW FRAMEWORK

ANCHOR™ is a structured interview system that helps leaders turn employee conversations into clear, actionable insight, supporting engagement, performance, and development before problems escalate.

  • Improve employee performance and development through earlier intervention
  • Increase engagement by addressing concerns before they escalate
  • Strengthen manager confidence in workforce conversations
  • Reduce preventable disengagement and turnover
  • Conduct structured stay and exit interviews with confidence
  • Identify performance, development, and engagement risks
  • Interpret interview patterns to inform workforce decisions
  • Apply insights consistently across teams
  • HR and People Operations professionals
  • Talent, engagement, and retention leaders
  • People managers and supervisors
  • Workforce analysts and HR partners
  • Join the Waiting List
    Receive early access to course dates and priority registration.
  • Attend a 90-Minute Live Virtual Certification
    Learn how to conduct effective stay and exit interviews using the ANCHOR™ framework and guided practice.
  • Get Certified & Tools
    Earn the ANCHOR™ Workforce Interview Certification and receive interview guides and tools to support engagement, development, and performance.