While established employees often tend to favor remote work and champion it loudly, we hear less from the newer, younger professionals who may actually NOT want to work at home. Working remotely can make it challenging to tap into company culture and conduct the kind of networking and rapport that naturally happens in an office setting. For younger folks just getting starting in [...]
Finding new ways to talk about the Great Resignation has practically become a pastime of HR pundits. Now, they’re calling it the Great Renegotiation. The truth is, people aren’t just quitting. In many cases, they’re moving on to greener pastures, different and/or better roles and more money. One recent piece of research by The Hustle showed that of more than a thousand people [...]
If you’re going through a time when people are departing your company en masse, it can be hard to keep morale up. And it’s actually extra important, because research has shown that “social contagion” is a real thing. When one or two influential people opt to leave, often, more follow suit. On Harvard Business Review, a piece of advice I enjoyed: CREATE TERRA [...]
Excited about being back to in-office work? A lot of the leaders I work with in my role are. But not everyone shares your enthusiasm. With social distancing mandates ending, people are returning to the physical office in droves. But there’s an underlying anxiety for those who aren’t enthusiastic about sharing air again. How can you, as a leader, put their minds at [...]
Your leadership may be impeccable — or at least, pretty good! — but how are your managers? A recent report cited by Human Resources Director says 82% would be inclined to quit their job because of a bad manager right now. This is true across sectors, too, from healthcare to insurance to finance. If your management team displays any of the following traits, think about whether [...]
When Glossier laid off a third of its employees in January, a lot of companies took away a big lesson: Scaling is difficult. CEO Emily Weiss handled the layoffs by telling employees, “We got ahead of ourselves on hiring. Those missteps are on me.” This isn’t the first big layoff for the beauty brand. In 2020, the company shut down its retail stores [...]
After Peloton announced layoffs of 20% of its corporate workforce, a wise move would have been to make sure those folks didn’t have access to virtual meetings anymore. Sadly, as you’ve probably read in the news, this task was overlooked. When brand-new CEO Barry McCarthy and former CEO John Foley got on the screen for a virtual all-hands in February, many PO’ed current [...]