It’s easy to go through the motions and re-build trust with your employees with the hidden agenda of things going back to the way they were “pre-COVID”. If you haven’t yet, you need to rethink your position, or, as I mentioned in my last article, your employees will revolt. You need to rebuild trust, a trust … Continue reading Lasting Peace in the Workforce Revolution™ Part 3: What Now? Build Trust That Will Last
Lasting Peace in the Workforce Revolution™ Part 2: How to Build Trust for Alignment, Engagement, and Retention
Alignment starts with trust. Building trust is a key ingredient to the success of any relationship, and this doesn’t stop when you walk into work. As leaders, we need to stop viewing our relationships with our employees as “just business”. It’s personal. Your employees are making it personal, and you better too before it’s too … Continue reading Lasting Peace in the Workforce Revolution™ Part 2: How to Build Trust for Alignment, Engagement, and Retention
Lasting Peace in the Workforce Revolution™ Part 1: It’s Time to Build Trust for Alignment, Engagement, and Retention
The post-Covid workforce is at odds with leadership and it’s personal. It's obvious when you see the impact on retention. We as leaders let them down. In a time of great uncertainty and fear – in all aspects of their lives – our employees worked long hours under the most challenging conditions. Yet, communication was … Continue reading Lasting Peace in the Workforce Revolution™ Part 1: It’s Time to Build Trust for Alignment, Engagement, and Retention
When Talent Goes AWOL: Rally the Troops to Call a Ceasefire in the Talent War
It's time to rally the troops. This month we have been taking a deep look into the Talent War that is raging in Corporate America today. With more people quitting their jobs than ever before, the typical “fear tactics” that were once used to keep employees in their offices are no longer working. Initially, when … Continue reading When Talent Goes AWOL: Rally the Troops to Call a Ceasefire in the Talent War
When Talent Goes AWOL: It’s Time to Raise a New Flag
It’s become a popular belief that COVID is the catalyst of this talent war, or what is being called the Great Resignation. However, as we’ve discussed in our last two articles, “When Talent Goes AWOL: Calling a cease-fire to the Talent War” and “When Talent Goes AWOL: The next step in calling a Cease-Fire in … Continue reading When Talent Goes AWOL: It’s Time to Raise a New Flag
When Talent Goes AWOL: The Next Step in Calling a Cease-Fire in the Talent War
In our last article, we discussed the Talent War and its impact on organizations in today’s post-COVID climate. We discussed the reality of the Great Resignation and how it’s a much deeper issue than what most are assuming. As a result, the workforce is placing demands on employers and if they aren’t meant, they are … Continue reading When Talent Goes AWOL: The Next Step in Calling a Cease-Fire in the Talent War
When Talent Goes AWOL: Calling a Cease-fire to the Talent War
The battle against Covid has mutated into a revolutionary war between leadership and the workforce. Many view the workforce exodus as a Talent War or call it the Great Resignation, but they’re only looking at the symptom—people quitting their jobs. It’s a reaction to a much deeper problem. "The most important thing in communication … Continue reading When Talent Goes AWOL: Calling a Cease-fire to the Talent War
Are We Just Hiding Behind Hybrid?
Are we really just hiding behind hybrid? Many of our executive coaching clients admit to feeling rushed into making a choice or some sort of commitment about returning to a brick-and-mortar work setting soon. Their employers offer fixed choices about where to work: either fully remotely (if eligible) or some kind of hybrid blend of working … Continue reading Are We Just Hiding Behind Hybrid?
When Hybrid Goes to Hell…
Solving the REAL issue behind post-Covid hybrid workforce unrest In this new post-Covid era we find ourselves in uncharted territory. The battle against the virus is in danger of mutating into a revolutionary war between leadership and the workforce. And the troops are already revolting – with their feet! Study after study tells us that … Continue reading When Hybrid Goes to Hell…