By Mark Nelson March 20, 2022 Leaders looking for competitive advantages in every facet of their business—from operations and sales to recruiting and retention–cite employees’ data skills as a top need. But when it comes to providing those data-training opportunities, companies keep failing. Recently, my company, Tableau, commissioned Forrester Consulting to explore organizational issues and … Continue reading How giving workers the skills to succeed can counter the Great Resignation
By Joe Andrew March 13, 2022 Amid all the headlines about millions of workers quitting their jobs during the Great Resignation, it is easy to miss the signal in the noise. Yes, a record 47.4 million Americans quit their jobs last year—more than a quarter of the total workforce. And, yes, the understandable first … Continue reading The employee-employer disconnect that’s fueling the Great Resignation
By Mark C. Crowley March 05, 2022 It is rather staggering that nearly 69 million people quit their jobs in America last year—and the common assumption is that everyone who resigned found a new employer willing to give them a meaningful bump in pay. Aligned to this thinking, of course, companies could effectively end … Continue reading It’s not just money. This is what’s still driving the Great Resignation
By Kathleen Davis February 21, 2022 The five-day, 40-hour work week is such an entrenched part of our culture that it’s easy to forget that it’s a relatively recent invention. The Industrial Revolution bore atrocious working conditions, including 12-16 hour days and six-or-seven-day-long work weeks. Then, in 1926, Ford became one … Continue reading Is the 4-day workweek the answer to the Great Resignation?
5 Profitable and Great Business Ideas to Do from Home Due / 17 Feb 2022 Starting a home-based business seemed somewhat foreign for entrepreneurs in the years before the pandemic. As millions were forced into lockdown, entrepreneurs both young and old found that starting a business from their home can be more practical, and … Continue reading 5 Profitable and Great Business Ideas to Do from Home
By Abakar Saidov February 17, 2022 There is no denying that an increase in personal reflections induced by the pandemic, and stay-at-home orders, has had a remarkable impact on the careers of many. Companies saw employees rapidly turning off familiar paths, inspired by less travelled trails, such as wanting to work for a … Continue reading The risks and benefits of rehiring Great Resignation ‘boomerang employees’
By Jason Baer—Minutes February 08, 2022 Imagine you’re responsible for an enormous cruise ship. What would your role be? I often ask this question when I first meet a new leader. What’s your role on this ship? Our work at SYPartners involves helping leaders guide their organizations through moments of fundamental change, and the way … Continue reading A simple but effective tactic all great leaders do
Worms NFTs were a great idea for Team17, until they weren’t The company said it’s stepping back from the NFT space. M. Moon @mariella_moon February 2nd, 2022 Team17 It didn’t take long for Team17 to cancel its NFT plans after they were announced. The British video game developer and publisher has released a statement that … Continue reading Worms NFTs were a great idea for Team17, until they weren’t
By Clint Rainey February 01, 2022 The pandemic is our collective national nightmare, but few professions have been as frontline as America’s public school teachers—essential workers, in enclosed classrooms, filling in for absent colleagues, while also supporting frazzled students. The country’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association (NEA), released a new poll today … Continue reading Public schools are facing an existential Great Resignation of teachers
Consumers’ Great Expectations Will Reinvent Ad-Dominated Marketing Industry by Azlan Raj , January 28, 2022 The marketing industry is approaching an acute period of change that will redefine the way brands think about marketing in relation to business operations — but, even more importantly to the way brands relate to people. Creative advertising is and … Continue reading Consumers’ Great Expectations Will Reinvent Ad-Dominated Marketing Industry
