Terminations are always unpleasant, but these rules can make it easier and less risky. You will eventually need to terminate an employee if you own a business. If you are not careful, you will do it the wrong way. This can go spectacularly badly--just ask Vishal Garg if you're not sure. His Zoom...
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Managing a Negative Influencer
Dear Crucial Skills, I have an employee who makes negative comments and tries to undermine leadership. She is a great teacher, but she creates a toxic environment with our staff, and she has a strong influence on them. How can I handle this behavior? Signed,Seeking Suggestions Hi Seeking, I’m...
3 Ways to Keep Your People from Burning Out
Encourage people to speak with trusted peers, check in on them, and approve their solutions to stave off burnout. With the Covid-19 pandemic poised to begin its third year, business leaders face a host of significant challenges. Among the most significant is that in many industries demand exceeds...
Employers Roll Out ‘Stay’ Interviews as Record Number of Americans Walk Off the Job
To keep employees happy, more companies are turning to one-on-one meetings to give key people the chance to talk about what is or isn't working in their current jobs. Americans are walking away from their jobs in record numbers as remote work has uncoupled jobs from geography, and droves of...
Goldman Sachs Says Young U.S. Workers Are Plotting Early Retirements
A survey signals that younger employees may also need more realistic expectations about how much money they’ll need in later life. They’ve only just entered the workforce, but a significant swath of the newest crop of U.S. employees are already making plans for an early exit. A full 25% of Gen Z...
Job Candidates are Ghosting Employers. Here’s How Companies Can Combat No-Shows
Home health provider Interim HealthCare of the Upstate currently has 51 open positions it's looking to fill. Since September, 17 candidates have canceled their interviews and 20 didn't even show up. Recruitment and retention tends to be difficult in the home health care industry, but it's been...
40% of Americans Would Rather Clean Their Toilets Than Commute to Work: Poll
Tens of millions of Americans have strong feelings about not returning to their offices full time—or commuting to get there. How strong? According to a report released today by RingCentral, 40% would rather clean their toilet at home than commute to their brick-and-mortar or other pre-pandemic...
Retirees Are ‘Unretiring’ — and That’s Good for the Labor Market
Key Points The “unretirement” rate, which measures those who switch from retirement to employment, has been accelerating, according to an analysis by Nick Bunker, an economist at Indeed. This is good news for the labor market, and speaks to improving public health and job-related factors like...
Millions of People Quit Their Jobs in the ‘Great Resignation’. Here Is Why It May Not Last Long
Key Points Over the past several months, a rapidly growing number of Americans left their jobs – more than 4.4 million alone in September. The move has become known as the “Great Resignation,” but the picture is more complicated. It all adds up to a jobs market in which people leaving their...
Survey Says Older Employees Now Putting Off Retirement Despite the ‘Great Resignation’
While many deal with the “great resignation,” a new study says older workers are actually putting off retirement and staying in their jobs. The survey, conducted by the Nationwide Retirement Institute, says the wave of people quitting recently doesn’t necessarily apply to employees 45 and older....
6 Reasons Why Americans Aren’t Returning to Work
KEY POINTS Millions of lost positions have yet to return to the job market but there are near-record job openings and job growth has been slower than expected in recent months. Enhanced unemployment benefits ended nationwide on Labor Day, and even sooner in many states. So far, evidence suggests...
Reviving the Art of Apprenticeship to Unlock Continuous Skill Development
Postpandemic skill gaps need filling, and formal learning alone won’t do the trick. Scaling the lost art of one-on-one learning can make the difference. Recognize this situation? A manager asks a team member to prepare a presentation. The draft falls short of what’s needed, so the manager...