Why 89% of hiring failures come down to culture — not skills

Leadership IQ has tracked thousands of hires over a decade and consistently found that 89% of hiring failures are attributable to attitude, not technical ability. We see the same pattern in the Rezna data — culture mismatches are the leading cause of voluntary exits inside the first 12 months.

Culture fit isn't 'do you fit in' — that's a recipe for monocultures and bad hiring. It's whether your working style, communication preferences, and values overlap with how the team actually operates day to day.

Skills are easy to assess. They show up on a resume. Culture is hard to assess — and most interview processes don't try. Rezna's Cultural Fingerprint surfaces the signal both sides need before the offer goes out.

Every candidate completes a 15-question assessment that maps their working style across 5 dimensions. Employers define their team fingerprint the same way. Rezna scores the overlap and surfaces matches that won't fall apart in month 4.