Encouraging Employees to Speak Up—Before They Give Up
There’s a lot of chatter about the so-called “Great Resignation.” Over the past few months, organizations of all kinds—from SHRM to the federal government—have sounded warning alarms about the “tsunami” of departing employees.
Some workers are forthcoming with information and opinions but many aren’t. The quiet ones likely hold useful and unique perspectives of benefit to the organization if only managers could draw them out. They can be high-potentials. Clearly, in this environment of heightened unrest and resignation, managers have a clear mandate to proactively seek and act upon, input...