The global pandemic has put pressure on workforces in more ways than ever before. Economic uncertainty leaves companies wearily contemplating downsizing, employees in constant fear of losing job security, and leaders questioning whether their typical methods for managing remote teams still work. These unpredictable circumstances make it imperative for management to adopt flexible leadership. What […]
Skill shortages
Workforce Trends for 2019
Generation Z: The Next Generation to Enter the Workforce
The oldest members of Generation Z (b. 1996-2012) are now in college and beginning to enter the workforce. While they share some of the values and views of Millennials, they are also distinct in many ways. Gen Z grew up in a post-9/11 world and experienced an economic recession. They watched parents, aunts, and uncles […]
Why Millennials Are Truly Unique
by Jolene Erlacher It happened again just last week. A gentleman at a roundtable I was facilitating made the argument that Millennials are just like any other generation. There are indeed life cycle effects—things that are similar for every generation at specific seasons of life. Most of us know better than everyone else when we […]
Succession Planning | Passing The Torch And Avoid The Talent Crisis
Many of our clients are facing a serious talent crisis. One of our clients could lose all their senior leaders in the next five years. What happens when your senior leaders retire and there is no one qualified to run the organization? A recent global SHRM survey on succession planning showed only 50% of organizations […]
Developing leaders | Deloitte University Press | Global Human Capital Trends 2015
Leadership is the engine that drives successful organizations. Why are we falling behind? According to a recent Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report: GLOBAL organizations today must navigate a “new world of work”—one that requires a dramatic change in strategies for leadership, talent, and human resources. In this new world of work, the barriers between […]
