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Gen Z Challenging Organizations to Rethink Engagement and Wellbeing

Sometimes I think that Generation Z (my generation) is like pizza with pineapple and ham.  Most people quickly dismiss us as not as good as other generations.  Some believe we’re too self-focused, whiny, opinionated. And a smaller group (often much smaller) describe our strengths such as more tech-savvy, flexible, creative, etc.  Forbes in particular frequently writes about Gen Z in the workplace.  Depending on the article, we’re the most “diverse”, “awesome, “freedom-seeking” and “difficult.” 

Use EQ to Show Appreciation for Your Employees This Holiday

Your employees are gearing up for the end of the year and that means working hard to achieve year-end quotas and putting in longer hours to account for that extra time off. Your managers are busy too. They are working under tight deadlines and trying to balance business goals with everyone’s natural tendency for holiday… Read More

OnDemand Webinar: Organizational Resilience 2024 Outlook: Creating a Performance Culture in a World of Change

More than three years after the disruption of COVID, there still is no “new normal”.  Employee engagement is still near an all-time low and workplace stress at a high.  But some organizations have been able to achieve competitive advantage through individual and organizational resilience.  They equip their people with the skills to navigate chaos and turn external change into high performance.  This webinar will discuss the need for resilience and provide practical strategies for achieving resilience.

TRACOM Releases New Resilience Profile and 6 Training Programs

The new Adaptive Mindset v3 Assessment & Profile is the first tool that identifies a person’s specific Negativity Bias, which is how they typically deal with stress and change.  Understanding this bias and taking steps to counteract it improves performance.   Additionally, the new profile now includes SOCIAL STYLE-specific resilience strategies.  SOCIAL STYLE is the world’s leading communications and behavioral style model.   

Employee Engagement Remains Stubbornly Low

The latest Gallup data on employee engagement seems encouraging.  But is it really?  They say that worldwide employee engagement is a record high.  But that number is just 23% of employees.  That leaves more than ¾ of workers not engaged.  The U.S. numbers are slightly better at 32%, a figure that has not substantially changed over 10 years.   

How to Cope with AInxiety

Artificial Intelligence (AI) jumped into the headlines of late, but in reality, it’s not that new.   Few people initially worried about the voice commands that allowed us to complete common tasks with minimal effort. Then we started getting ads touting products or services eerily similar to topics we were discussing near our smart devices.  Then popular culture jumped into the AI world with movies like Ex Machina. 

What AI Says We Should Know about AI

Gallup and others have recently published studies showing that workplace stress is at an all-time high and employee engagement near an all-time low.  One of the topics currently affecting stress is the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the workforce. 

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