More and more people are re-evaluating their career and life goals. A Gartner poll indicates that employees are increasingly looking for change, seeking more purpose, and shifting their overall attitude towards work. For those whose soul-searching leads to a new job search, the process of evaluating potential employers has become all the more important. Finding […]

Daniel Goleman published his best-selling book Emotional Intelligence in the mid-90s, and wrote a Harvard Business Review article a decade later, which is still listed as a top HBR article today, entitled, “What Makes a Leader?” In the article, he describes the five main components of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. […]

The first woman and person of color, Arati Prabhakar, has been nominated to Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It is a historic and triumphant nomination, giving women in the technology field another role model and example of female representation in the space. It is a much needed announcement, considering […]

Even though multiple COVID variants appear to be causing regular spikes in test positivity rates across the country, the long-awaited return to the office is happening in full force. Companies are finally opening their doors for their employees after many delays over the last year. This has triggered a trend aptly named the “Great Return,” […]

We have written extensively about the Great Resignation that is currently top-of-mind for many business leaders. However, this shift in the workplace is clearly part of a larger trend, and a worker’s decision to resign from or stay at an employer is only one piece of the puzzle. Gartner describes this trend as a “liminal moment” for […]

The Great Resignation has impacted every industry, but Visier research shows that resignations have been the highest among professionals in the technology field. Towards the end of 2021, a survey from recruiting and training platforms TalentLMS and Workable revealed that 72 percent of IT workers were thinking of quitting their jobs in the next 12 […]