Riddle: Find the Hole in SHRM’s Annual State of the Workplace Report
SHRM’s 2025 State of the Workplace Report reveals recruiting as HR’s top challenge, but why is retention missing? Discover the key to solving turnover for good.
The Great Resignation Becomes The Great Detachment in 2025
The evolving workplace trends of 2025 includes shifting from the Great Resignation to the emerging Great Detachment—a period of increasing employee disengagement. Recent studies from Gallup, The Conference Board, and Harvard research, help us uncover the real reasons employees leave and what organizations can do to foster engagement and retention.
Will Federal Government Job Cuts Solve Our Worker Shortage?
Federal job cuts are dominating the news, raising concerns about how these changes will affect employment in the private sector. Many long-term federal workers, who once relied on job security, now face an uncertain future, prompting questions about whether the resulting job market shift will ease hiring challenges for other companies.
Employee Turnover in 2025: Why Culture Matters More Than Compensation
A re-visited 2023 Harvard Business Review article on retaining healthcare workers still resonates today in 2025 and applies to all industries. The critical takeaway is this: Improving organizational culture is a leadership challenge that is more complex than finding the money to increase compensation or correcting the problems that cause unhappiness.
Will AI Replace Enough Jobs to Fix Worker Shortage?
AI is changing the workforce, but will it replace enough jobs to solve the worker shortage? The latest labor market trends and job automation predictions means businesses must focus on employee retention now to stay competitive today and into the future.
Today’s Riddle – What is America’s Greatest Business Challenge?
America’s declining birth rate threatens its economic future, with a shrinking workforce and increasing job shortages. As nations scramble for solutions—immigration reforms, financial incentives, and workforce shifts—who will emerge victorious and solve the riddle of how to survive the urgent need to retain top talent.
Fewer Students, Fewer Workers, and a Hiring Crisis Ahead – Are You Ready?
The U.S. is facing a looming labor shortage as college closures rise, birth rates decline, and workforce demand outpaces educational attainment. Leaders must prioritize talent retention or risk being caught in a hiring crisis that could cripple their businesses.
How Bad Does It Have to be for Someone to Quit Your Company?
Really bad according to a new study. A change in employment creates 50% of the stress of a divorce and 50% more than quitting smoking. So let’s ask ourselves what could be SO bad that they are willing to go through half of the same stress level as if they were getting divorced? They can’t all be leaving for just for pay or better opportunities.
Drive Your Employee Retention Resolutions for 2025
What the data and projections for our workforce suggest is that now is the time to get a lot smarter about who we hire and how we retain them. HR can drive the necessary changes starting right now. Here is my list of resolutions that will lead to cutting turnover in this new year, and into the future.
Four Proven Ways to Stop New-Hire Turnover
It is possible that many companies think early turnover is just “the cost of doing business.” My recent work with the U.S. Census Bureau makes clear that there are fewer new workers coming our way, so I think it is time that we get a lot smarter about who we hire and how we retain them. Here are four ideas that I promise will work because if you don’t address it now, turnover may just cost you your business.