As Russia’s relentless attack on Ukraine continues, major companies continue to exit Russia. Some left almost fully and immediately, while others suspended operations or simply put new investment on hold. Most faced almost certain backlash from their consumers and employees elsewhere if they had stayed. The situation with Ukraine is probably one of the simpler…
Vietnam was the first war Americans saw on the nightly news. It changed the way Americans – who have not fought on their own soil for more than a hundred years – understood the true toll and terror of combat. The images and reporting came in through the nightly news (three networks) and a handful…
Just Give Them the Remote: How to Beat the Great Resignation at its Own Game Robert Kovach, PhD The Great Resignation is not just a real thing; it’s a movement. A recent report stated that more than 50% of workers want to make a career change. Now I understand that “wanting” to make a career change is…
Like many people, I’ve been writing a lot lately about the pandemic and two of its biggest impacts on the business world, The Great Resignation, and the hybrid work model. It’s hard to overstate how much the last two years have changed how and with whom people want to spend their time. But as…
Over the last two years, we’ve obviously moved aggressively and suddenly from on-site work to remote work. And although work from home arrangements were already growing rapidly before the pandemic, COVID-19 wildly accelerated that trend. And I do mean wildly, as in somewhat unplanned, mostly reactionary and not without a bit of chaos. This isn’t…
Thanks to the pandemic, we have all accepted a lot of “short-term” changes. . .for more than 18 months. One of those major shifts in how we work, and where we work. This no-longer-short-term change looks like one we’re going to keep, including a major shift in the relationship between workers and employers. The…