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

Employee Engagement, Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

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

Employee Satisfaction, Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment, Retaining Employees, Talent Acquisition, Talent Retention / By Kim Seeling Smith

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.

Future of Work, Hiring, HR Trends, Leadership, Recruitment, Talent Acquisition / By Kim Seeling Smith

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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How strong is your brand orbit?

Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

If you are constantly hustling for new clients/customers or employees, the answer is probably not that strong. I rate myself 6/10. Most of my work comes to me via repeat business or referrals (thank you!) but not all of it. I still hustle a fair amount. The brand orbit concept (developed by Mark Bonchek and

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Strategic workforce planning and other future trends

HR Trends, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

\’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

Future of Work, Leadership / By Kim Seeling Smith

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

Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment / By Kim Seeling Smith

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Performance Transformance

Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment / By Kim Seeling Smith

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Stop treating recruitment like you’re filling a takeaway order!

Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment / By Kim Seeling Smith

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Not your father\’s leadership style

Future of Work, Leadership, Recruitment / By Kim Seeling Smith

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