Posts by Liz Richards
What Equality and Inclusivity Mean for Generation Z
When it comes to work, Gen Z is all about the human element. Supportive leaders and positive relationships with coworkers support Gen Zers in their own careers, but what about everyone else? Isn’t Gen Z supposed to care about equality and inclusivity? Our data shows that the answer is yes – Gen Zers do care…
The Human Element is Key: What Our Research is Teaching Us about Gen Z
When we brought in four young interns this summer at RainmakerThinking we realized we had a great opportunity to have Gen Zers interview their peers. We’ve been studying young employees since our founding in 1993, when Gen X was the focus of our generational research. Since then, we have kept our finger on the pulse…
Five Ways to Take Advantage of the “Development Investment Paradox”
When it comes to being an employer with a strong reputation for training and development, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you can successfully build a culture of learning on your team or in your organization. The bad news is that if you do manage to get employees engaged…
3 Reasons Why Your Attraction Efforts Aren’t Working
You may have noticed that despite using the most tried and true tactics, your organization is no longer attracting the top-quality talent that it used to. Competitive salary, good benefits, and long-term career paths are no longer enough to make you stand out as an employer. So, what do you do? Many employers today realize…
When Attraction Doesn’t Equal Retention: How to Make Flexibility Work
Flexibility is the key word in the Talent Wars today: flexible scheduling, flexible location, flexible pay, and even flexible employment itself. The benefits of such flexibility are probably obvious. By allowing employees to set their own terms, you create a unique value proposition that makes them less likely to jump ship and work for your…
Are We All Millennials Now?
Workers of all ages today rely every day on their immediate managers for help meeting their basic needs and expectations and dealing with a whole range of day-to-day issues that arise at work. Workers of all ages today are more likely to disagree – often privately and sometimes openly – with their employers’ stated missions,…
Soft Skills: Teaching Proactive Learning
Before any individual can possibly succeed at “critical thinking,” that person has to know some things. That way will have something — anything really — about which to think critically. Step one: Know something! Or know how to do something! Or have an appreciation for multiple competing perspectives about something — anything!