Signal Strong belonging is associated with 56% better job performance and half the turnover risk

Summary

McKinsey links diversity and inclusion efforts to a stronger sense of belonging and cites research on why that matters. Where employees feel they strongly belong, job performance improves by 56 percent and the risk of turnover falls by half. Such employees are also 47 percent more likely to stay with their organization. Earlier McKinsey work found people are far more likely to rate their organization as high-performing when they see it as inclusive. The report uses these findings to argue that building belonging is a practical performance lever rather than a symbolic gesture.