Talent Management
The Perfect Storm: How Insurers Can Weather a Talent, Skills Gap
As older generations of employees are retiring from the workforce and younger generations are resigning in search of lifestyle or career changes, insurance carriers are facing a big challenge of ...
Why Remote Work Will Continue in 2023
If the U.S. job market continues to weaken next year, companies will be emboldened and may pull back on letting employees work remotely. Executives generally fall into two camps on working from home, ...
Financial Stress Harming Workers’ Mental Health: The Hartford
New research by The Hartford finds 63 percent of U.S. workers feel their financial stress has increased over the past year, and 56 percent say their financial stress negatively impacts their mental ...
State Farm Still Dealing With Return of Its Workforce: CEO Tipsord
State Farm CEO Michael Tipsord said the nation's top property/casualty insurer will likely never be the same following the pandemic — and that may be a good thing. "I don't think we'll ever go back ...
Silly Distractions Can Help You Make It Through a Tough Work Day: Study
Positive interventions that distract us from difficult tasks actually help to reduce our stress levels, according to new research from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and Trinity Business ...
Executive Viewpoint: Key Strategies to Attract NextGen Talent to the Insurance Industry
Two of the most critical talent issues facing insurance companies are recruitment and retention. Retention is essential for controlling costs, sustaining company culture and maintaining client ...
Walmart Shooting Raises Need for Violence Prevention at Work
The mass shooting last Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia was only the latest example of workplace violence perpetrated by an employee. But while many companies provide active shooter training, ...
Stereotypes Can Hold Middle-Aged Women Back at Work: Study
Even as they achieve more power and capability on the job, middle-aged women can be held back by a perceived lack of niceness, new research finds. As a popular tenured professor at UC Berkeley's Haas ...