Career Development Discussions with Employees
A Smart Strategy Against the Great Resignation By Kimberly Kafafian Anyone that’s recently dined out and/or stood on line at a retail store and/or tried to get a customer service representative on the phone and/or needed to get their car serviced can attest to our rapidly thinning workforce. A quick Google search will tell you […]
Career Development and Employee Engagement
Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore the Connection To stop today’s revolving door of employee turnover, companies should focus their efforts on cultivating an engaged workforce. The evidence is clear that engaged employees stay in organizations longer. And with the cost of replacing one employee being between one-half to twice that employee’s salary, retaining your […]
How to Support Employee Career Development
Employers who invest in developing their current team members have better retention rates. This is true across different industries and companies of varying sizes. However, leadership does not always recognize this trend. At one company, if an employee left for a better opportunity, it was because they were a millennial who did not value loyalty. […]
Connecting with Your Co-workers When You Work Remotely
By Julia Lee There’s a lot that the pandemic has changed, and one of the most impactful and notable changes has to do with where we work. For many of us, gone are the days of commuting to an office space. We’re now working from home. There’s so much to love about working remotely […]
Importance of Vulnerability in Leadership
By Kimberly Kafafian I cry at work but I tried to hide it for the first 20+ years of my career. Happy, mad, and sad things will make me cry. I cried when I had to lay off a friend. I cried when the project I worked on for 6-months was terminated without my […]