Focuses on issues involving employee engagement and retention. Employees need to feel that they have a return on their investment in the company. Managers need to develop and maintain strategies focused on talent retention, and companies need to be viewed as an employer of choice in order to attract and keep people engaged in their work. Training continues to be seen as a serious investment for some of the talent leaders. Creative mentoring programs and empowered managers who help shape careers combine to develop a retention culture for people around 26 years of age. Keeping employee survivors engaged after a layoff is vital to productivity.