Labor Shortage? Or Appreciation Shortage? More than 17 Ways to Say Thank You
While almost every employer in the developed world is grappling with a labor shortage, one of the underlying causes is, in fact, an appreciation shortage.
Workforce 2022: What IS the New Normal?
By Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden In a nation weary but not yet free of Covid there is growing consternation, largely in C-suites, over the perceived need to return to “normal”, to life as it used to be; to herd millions of now remotely domiciled (free-range) knowledge workers back into the corporate coop, be it […]
Part Two – Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent – Onboarding
By Richard Hadden and Bill Catlette Onboarding new talent- when done well – is probably the smartest thing you can do to preserve your investment in recruiting (which was the topic of our post on November 26, 2021). In fact, we see onboarding as such a central part of the whole recruiting process, that for […]
Twenty-seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent – Part One
How about if I don’t start this out by recounting how hard it is to find and keep workers right now? That would be only slightly less useful than an OB/GYN standing over the bed of a woman in the travails of labor, saying, “Let me tell you how bad you hurt.” I’ll also save […]
Time for Some Straight Talk About Returning to Onsite Work
As employers move people back to onsite work, it’s important to consider that this is an employEE’s market, not an employER’s. Swimming against the tide of the asserted will of the labor force will hurt recruiting, retention, and Employee Engagement.
Making Hybrid Work
The hybrid workforce model is the future of the workplace. Let’s get it right. Here’s how.
Notorious PSG – Podium Sanitizer Guy Rocks Inauguration Stage
The inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris produced more than a few goosebump moments for this presidential history buff, not the least of which was Lady Gaga’s high note, when she pointed to the US flag and sang, with emphasizing cadence, “that our flag.was.still.there.” But the internet is also abuzz this morning with […]
Part 2 – Making Working from Anywhere Work
On January 11, 2021, we published a list of six specific ideas we’ve learned from leaders who are having real success engaging and leading their remote and hybrid teams. You don’t exactly have to have read that post to benefit from this one. But why wouldn’t you? Read it here. Here’s the rest of our […]
Making Working from Anywhere Work
Six specific ideas to lead remote or hybrid teams.
Workplace Now…Workplace Next
Ahh, how we long for the blissful days of mid-March, 2020, when we were terrified that this whole pandemic thing could go on for weeks, maybe even months, before we snapped back to the old normal we used to complain about. If anyone had accurately predicted in March what things would look like in December, […]