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• Great Resignation? Survey Finds 72% of Executives Worried About Losing Their Jobs

  Leadership, CareerEmployee RetentionHiring

  Job TrendsMotivationChief Executive

  It’s hardly news that the last two years of change and disruption have been tough for an entire generation of leaders. What is surprising? The depth of that difficulty. How tired, bewildered—and increasingly paranoid about their ability to keep their jobs—it has left them. Amid the endless reports of the “Great Resignation,”...

• Will Your Company Lose Its Top Performers?

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerEmployee Retention

  HiringJob TrendsBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesBusiness ManagementBusiness Process ManagementChief Executive

  Talent retention is a critical component of organizational growth, and with prominent headlines about the “Great Resignation,” this concern is top of mind for many leaders. How can you know if your top performers are considering a new opportunity? More importantly, how can you persuade them to stay?...

• 3 Reasons Employees Leave And 1 Way You Can Stop Them

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerCompensation, Benefits

  Employee RetentionHR ManagementHiringHuman ResourcesJob TrendsMotivationBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesChief Executive

  "I've never had such a hard time hanging on to good talent." That's what a business leader bemoaned to me recently, and I've heard similar sentiments almost every day for the past two years. We're in the midst of one of the most tumultuous times on record for hiring and retaining workers. Citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

• Why employees go off-camera during virtual meetings & how to fix it

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerLifestyle

  HR ManagementHuman ResourcesMotivationRemote AccessBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesMeetingsWorking RemotelyHR Morning

  It’s been two years since the start of the pandemic, and all of us are well acquainted with virtual meetings by now. Whether it be Zoom, Teams or Google Meet, virtual meetings have become a necessity and don’t seem to be going away any time soon. And apart from technical difficulties...

• How employers can help as workers' mental health bottoms out

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerLifestyle

  Compensation, BenefitsEmployee RetentionHR ManagementHealthHuman ResourcesJob TrendsMotivationBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesBusiness ManagementBusiness Process ManagementCollaborationTeamworkHR Executive

  Amid all-time lows in mental health, employers are finding a new mandate to step up efforts to help struggling employees. “After two-plus years of pandemic ambiguity, employee burnout is emerging as the next widespread health crisis, while employers pour more resources and attention into...

• 3 ways to turn the Great Resignation into a Great Retention moment

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerLifestyle

  Compensation, BenefitsEmployee RetentionHR ManagementHiringHuman ResourcesJob TrendsMotivationBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesHR Executive

  Employees are switching jobs at record numbers. Workforces are also shrinking. Together, these events have created an environment in which business and HR leaders are having to play catch-up. While the roar of the “war for talent” has been heard for decades and tightening talent markets have been experiencing it in bits and pieces...

• 10 Failproof Employee Engagement Ideas

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerLifestyle

  Compensation, BenefitsEmployee RetentionJob TrendsMotivationBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesBusiness ManagementBusiness Process ManagementCollaborationProductivityTeamworkSHRM

  No matter your specific business, if your employees aren’t engaged, your customers won’t be either and that is going to negatively impact productivity and your bottom line. Employees who are happy and excited about the work they’re doing have an infectious energy that makes people...

• Is it time for the four-day workweek?

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerLifestyle

  Compensation, BenefitsEmployee RetentionHR ManagementHuman ResourcesJob TrendsMotivationBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesProductivityHR Dive

  Again and again over the past several years, the same type of news has emerged from the business realm: a new company has made the switch to the four-day workweek. In 2017, Basecamp blogged about its "Summer Hours," or four-day workweeks between May 1 and August 31. Volt Athletics wrote...

• How telehealth could be an equitable 'bridge to care' in a post-pandemic world

  LifestyleHealthHealthCare

  InternetRemote AccessHealthy LivingHR Dive

  Before COVID-19 struck in the early months of 2020, telehealth solutions had difficulty gaining traction with U.S. patients, both within and outside the context of employer-sponsored health plans. Sources cite a variety of reasons to explain that slow pre-pandemic growth trend. Two of the most important were...

• Fight the Great Resignation by changing how you treat the workers who stay

  Business IntelligenceLeadership, CareerFinancial strategy

  Compensation, BenefitsEmployee RetentionHR ManagementHiringHuman ResourcesJob TrendsMotivationPerformance-EvaluationsBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesBusiness ManagementRisk ManagementStandardsTeamworkFortune

  Among the many 2021 pandemic-era trends, the Great Resignation received a lot of media attention for good reason. The number of workers quitting hit an all-time high in November 2021, with 4.5 million Americans leaving their jobs...