Kim Seeling Smith

Kim Seeling Smith is an international speaker, trainer, coach, mentor and author on Career Management and Employee Retention issues. Through her company, Ignite Global, Kim helps organizations build healthy work environments and increase employee engagement and productivity in our digitally connected, globally oriented world.

ANZ employees are disengaged, burnt out and actively or passively looking for work

Just out! From Gallup\’s 2023 State of the ANZ Workforce. ANZ employees are disengaged, burnt out and actively or passively looking for work. 🔹 Most of ANZ Employees are \’Quiet Quitting\’ 🔹 50% experience significant stress daily 🔹 40% are currently actively or passively looking for another job Why do you think that is? I

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How Gen Zs are changing our relationship with work

Gen Zs are literally changing our relationship with work. We need to understand why and how to be able to attract and retain them. I\’ve been asked to comment on generational differences since 2004. The first time I was asked about it was from a reporter with the New Zealand Herald (I was living in

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Masterclass: How to hire great talent in any market.

95% of the people who responded to my recent poll on LinkedIn reported difficulty in filling all or some roles. Many report that the talent shortage is dire, especially in specialist roles. I\’m a firm believer that you can hire top talent in any market – if you\’re willing to use different strategies and think

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Masterclass: Trends update for CEO\’s, Senior Leaders, and Board of Directors

Are you a senior leader or Board member whose success depends on navigating your organization through these very uncertain times? Are you someone who wants to stay current on the latest workforce and workplace trends? If so join me for this this trends update. Hot off the press research from PwC said that 40% of

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Masterclass: Trends update for CEO\’s, Senior Leaders, and Board of Directors

Are you a senior leader or Board member whose success depends on navigating your organization through these very uncertain times? Are you someone who wants to stay current on the latest workforce and workplace trends? If so join me for this this trends update. Hot off the press research from PwC said that 40% of

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Strategic workforce planning and other future trends

\’Workforce planning will become more important than financial planning\” – @Rainer Strack, Senior Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor with @Boston Consulting Group. I remember reading this quote in 2015 and it stopping me in my tracks. This was around the time I was doing a deep dive into research around the upcoming talent shortage (spoiler

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Emerging Leaders

I love working with groups like CDK Stone Australia. Already streets ahead with how they think about recruiting and retaining staff and doing advanced scenario planning around potential disruptions to their market and business, they still devote time, energy and resources for continuous improvement. Our 3 day leadership retreat began with a group of highly

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Retention Connection

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