Work Isn’t Working
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College Graduate Expectations of Adulthood Are Being Upended
Perhaps most alarmingly, recent college graduates are having a harder time finding work. Between 1990 and 2018, it was almost unheard-of for the unemployment rate of recent college graduates to exceed the country’s overall rate. But that…
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“Ethical” Capitalism Is an Illusion
The damage that companies inflict on society without literally paying for it entirely escapes ESG’s radar. Today, corporate profits are at their highest proportion of GDP in 50 years, while wages are at their lowest.…
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Toxic Bosses Make People Lose Their Passion & Commitment for Their Work
Our ongoing research indicates that employees under toxic bosses experience decreased confidence, self-esteem, motivation and engagement. They feel stuck, helpless, detached, disengaged, lose passion and commitment to their work, and dread going to the office.…
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The Great Misalignment Leading to the Great Resignation
This discrepancy in evolutionary development between the individual and the cultures the person is embedded in, is one of the reasons people decide to leave the corporate world. As they get further along in their evolutionary…
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Work Needs a New Attitude
There is no such thing as a “job creator.” There are employers, who hire employees, because they need them. And then employers pay the employees less than the value they generate. That’s the system. How did we…
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Exhausted & Fed Up Trying to Talk When No One’s Listening
Stumbled across this talk on TV today, only to go online and find out it’s from a couple of months ago but a great round table discussion nevertheless on the current upheaval affecting the work…
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The Misalignment With the Corporate World
This discrepancy in evolutionary development between the individual and the cultures the person is embedded in, is one of the reasons people decide to leave the corporate world. As they get further along in their…
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Leadership Downplaying Potentials They Can’t Perceive
That’s because those behaviors are common signs of a sensitive person—someone whose mind is wired to go deep. And sensitive people tend to be high performersin the workplace, often bringing unique gifts that create value and drive innovation. There’s just…
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Work Is Making Us Feel Disconnected
“Everyone is recognizing this feeling of disconnectedness is the No. 1 issuethey’re facing,” says Doug Camplejohn, founder and CEO of Airspeed. But, he adds, “the answer is not going back to to the office. The reality…
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Activision Blizzard Can’t Hide Internal Reality Any Longer
The company’s stock price has tumbled nearly 10% this week, and CEO Bobby Kotick acknowledged in a message to employees Tuesday that Activision Blizzard’s initial response was “tone deaf.” Meanwhile, there has been a continuous stream of…
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Pandemic Exposing Systemic Issues of Work
While B.C. restaurants are in the middle of the peak summer season, a massive struggle to retain employees continues to grow. As the cost of living in Metro Vancouver keeps rising, workers often can’t make a viable living wage.…
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Employees Quitting Because Companies Investing in Technology Rather Than People
By primarily focusing on staying on top of tech advances, we’re at risk of ignoring the reality of what’s actually driving business today: our people. Purpose, meaning, mutual trust, and recognition are built by people…