Author Archives: Kathleen Quinn Votaw
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Quiet Returns Reflect Engaged Employees
“Quiet returns” are a sign of an engaged culture. When disengaged employees show up at work they undermine possibility and business potential. These are the people who quit quietly and stay, secretly protesting burnout, stress, or other abuses of work-life …
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Protect Your People From Quiet Quitting
We’ve experienced “quiet” or “ghost” quitting by disgruntled workers over the years, but it has become common enough recently to earn an official name. “Quiet quitting” means that you still do your job, but limit your effort to the minimum …
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Engaged Employees Don't Quietly Quit
We’ve experienced “quiet” or “ghost” quitting by disgruntled workers over the years, but it has become common enough recently to earn an official name. “Quiet quitting” means that you still do your job, but limit your effort to the minimum …
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It’s Not Empathy vs. Accountability: for Great Leaders It’s Both
I empathize with leaders who can’t quite adjust to the evolutionary change making today’s workplaces unrecognizable from what they used to be. Never before have leaders had to face so much uncertainty and challenge, or opportunity and possibility. And all …
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Beat Uncertainty with More Flexibility and Trust
Through the uncertainties of the pandemic and now record inflation, people have looked to their employers for additional support. As the power of take-home pay lessens, giving employees a raise is an obvious solution. But it’s far from enough. Equally …
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Two Golden Rules to Thrive
Most businesses are founded on a new or better idea along with a hope and a prayer. Of course, we expect challenges along the way but not in the form of a pandemic followed by a war and unprecedented inflation. …
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7 Essential Steps to Engaging Today's Candidates
It doesn’t take long for top talent to find a job. They’re looking and every employer wants them. Still, even in today’s market a majority of candidates consider job search to be one of the most stressful experiences of their …
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Make Your Workplace Work for Moms
May is for Mother’s Day and working moms are not happy. They are frustrated, stressed, and burned out. So much so that one out of three mothers are thinking about leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers, according to recent …
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"Post," yes. "Pray," not for talent.
Talent sourcing at a time when jobs way outnumber candidates is the first critical step in a rigorous, strategic recruitment process. It may begin with writing and posting a job description but praying that your ideal candidate sees your ad …
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Best Ways to Show Your People Come First
It makes sense, backed by a multitude of studies, that happy employees are more productive. The question is: how do you go about making your employees happy? The answer is: commit to putting your people first, before anything else. That …
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