People management covers the full employee lifecycle: not just recruiting and onboarding, but the day-to-day work of setting expectations, giving feedback, resolving issues, and creating conditions where employees can perform and stay. In high-turnover industries, people management is one of the highest-leverage operational skills a business can develop. Most employee attrition isn't driven by compensation alone. Employees leave managers, not companies. Poor onboarding, unclear expectations, and inconsistent feedback are the conditions that accelerate turnover, and all three are within a manager's control. Businesses that invest in developing their managers' people management skills see measurable impact over time.