Resource Center

It’s no secret that training and development offerings are one of the key tools that employers can use today to retain the talent they already have. Per Forbes¹, 70 percent of employees would leave their current employer for another organization that has a reputation of developing and training their people.

Recently, I launched a leadership development program for a non-profit I have worked with for many years. Everybody arrived looking excited to be invited to the session and looking forward to what it was all about. You could feel the electricity and hear the buzz.

Now entering the job market in increasing numbers, Generation Z is on track to make up a whopping 30 percent of the workforce by 2030.  With those figures in mind, employers that want to attract this cohort need to figure out how to offer the incentives that will appeal to those employees and improve their engagement. 

Equity compensation in the form of stock options, restricted stock units, and performance shares is an important vehicle that public and select privately held companies can use to attract, retain, and motivate employees. 

One of the most important and underestimated skills needed for influential leadership is the ability to listen. In phone calls, face-to-face interactions, or virtual meetings, the emphasis is often on the speaker. But the listener, too, has a very important role to fill, especially if that listener is also a leader.