ETSPosts by Ashley Kahn
In 2022, We’ll Finally Get Back to Work
If you were holding your breath for all of 2021, worrying over every headline about employees leaving their jobs in droves and candidates demanding exorbitant salaries, let me tell you one thing: It’s time to breathe. I’m not predicting that the economy is going to be great, nor will I predict there is a recession on…
Read MoreKeeping Your Team From Feeling Burned Out
When someone launches into a breakup speech, they usually try to let their partner down easy with some variation of “It’s not you, it’s me.” Workers in the U.S. have been “breaking up” with their employers in record numbers in 2021. It is a wild and unsustainable statistic, but just in November, the U.S. Department…
Read MoreSpotting Your Team’s Next Leaders
First, and most importantly, we wish you all a very happy and healthy new year. As we dive into 2022, Leadership is perhaps even more important than ever for our organization and all of our clients we are supporting. Do you think you can pick out the person on your team who is ready to…
Read MoreThe Pandemic Isn’t Going Away — Do I Still Reopen the Office?
One of the most frustrating parts about flying is when your plane has to circle the airport until you get permission to land. The worst part isn’t the delay — hey, it happens sometimes — but that you never know how long you’ll be stuck in a holding pattern. You get encouraging reports from the…
Read MoreHow to Attract Job Seekers Who Are Still ‘Just Looking’
Something unexpected happened last month. A record number of American workers — an eye-popping 4.3 million — quit their jobs. To put that in perspective, it’s almost three percent of the entire workforce across the country. What’s even more astounding is that this trend got named the “Great Resignation” when the number of people leaving their…
Read MoreLeading With a Focus on Emotional Intelligence – and Now Even More Important, Emotional Agility
The number of employees headed back to the office has gone from a trickle to a steady stream. Here in New York City, our mayor just announced that all municipal workers who are still working remotely have two weeks to return to their desks. On Wall Street, the majority of the largest financial and investment firms…
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