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Can Agile Make Wherever You Work a Better Place?
The Great Resignation continues to gather steam as people in their millions re-evaluate their relationship with work. But not everyone has the luxury or the bandwidth to quit, at least not right now. And there is no guarantee that a new job won’t be as much of a soul-destroying destination as your...
Allegation of 19 Calls, Without More, Did Not Violate FDCPA
An Ohio district court granted a debt collector’s motion for summary judgment, finding that an allegation of 19 calls over a one-year period without any evidence that the calls were intended to annoy, abuse, or harass the consumer did not violate the FDCPA. Background:A consumer sued a debt...
How Businesses Can Secure Data from Shared Files After Employees Leave
The most common collaboration tools allow admins to capture and reassign important information. A decade ago, businesses struggled to build collaborative workplaces because the technology to facilitate teamwork simply didn’t exist. The advent of modern office productivity suites changed that...
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....
From the Great Attrition to the Great Adaptation
To keep top talent in the fold, managers must actively change their leadership styles—focusing less on controls and more on culture and connections. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey experts in talent and organizational health Aaron De Smet and Bill Schaninger join executive editor...
4 Ways Managers Screw Up One-On-Ones
A simple thing that’s made complex disappoints and drains. 4 ways to screw up one-on-ones: #1. Leave them to the last minute. People feel valued when you prioritize time with them. Rushing around at the last minute to spend a few minutes with a person leaves a bad taste in their mouth. #2. Focus...
6 Ways to Recognize a Team Member with Leadership Potential
For a leader who develops leaders, there is something scarcer and much more important than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. One of the primary responsibilities of any successful leader is to identify potential leaders. So, how do you do it? How do you identify good potential...
What We are Getting Wrong About the “Great Resignation”
More people are quitting their jobs, and it could shake the world of work forever. But are we making incorrect generalizations about the Great Resignation? Workers are quitting their jobs. A lot of them. So many, in fact, we’re still smack in the middle of the so-called Great Resignation. In the...
Leadership Fatigue is a Thing — Make Time to Recharge
In the best of times, leading and managing is hard work. After all, people are complicated, our business challenges are increasingly complex, and anyone called upon to regularly make tough decisions is bound to feel the strain. In this era, the demands are unceasing -- ripple effects of this...