Quick Win: The surprising upside of shorter tenure

19 Oct 2025 • 6 min • EN
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Long tenure sounds like a good thing - until it starts holding your business back. Here’s what I learned when I stopped treating it as a badge of honour. In this Quick Win, I’m joined again by clinical psychologist Sabina Read to unpack the hidden downside of long staff tenure. I share how high tenure at Inventium was quietly stalling innovation, what finally shifted my thinking, and why I now see shorter tenure as a healthy sign of growth.  Sabina and I discuss:  The hidden shadow side of long tenure  Why fresh thinking often gets ignored by legacy voices  How old experiences can kill new ideas before they start  Why newer team members often bring better solutions  A mindset shift that helped me reframe turnover  Key Quote  “If it’s happening at Inventium, where we talk about innovation every day, it can happen anywhere.”  Listen to the full episode with Sabina here.  Connect with Sabina via her website, Instagram, or check out her podcast Human Cogs.  My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here:  https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/  Connect with me on the socials:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanthai  If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe  Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.  Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au  Credits:  Host: Amantha Imber  Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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