Great Resignation, Great Opportunity

Andy Jordan is President of Roffensian Consulting S.A., a Roatan, Honduras-based management consulting firm with a comprehensive project management practice. Andy always appreciates feedback and discussion on the issues raised in his articles and can be reached at [email protected]. Andy's new book Risk Management for Project Driven Organizations is now available.

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Topics: Organizational Culture

The so-called great resignation has been going on for several quarters now. The migration of employees away from their employers, and in some cases out of the workplace entirely, has reached historic proportions. Some are looking to change careers, some are looking for more independence as business owners or contractors, and some just need to step away from working after one of the most stressful couple of years that any of us have had to live through.

But this exodus isn’t impacting all organizations in the same way, and some organizations are set to benefit from the increase in quality candidates that are now available. How do you become one of the winners and avoid losing your best employees?

Understand the context

It’s no coincidence that the great resignation started to happen after a year or more of the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s too simplistic to suggest that the pandemic was the only driver of it. Without a doubt, the complete disruption of normal life since early 2020 has led people to reassess their priorities, to attempt to have better control over some of the stressors in their lives, and to rethink their future.

People adapted quickly to the rapid and forced change to work environments, shifting to remote teams and working models with relatively little disruption. But as it became clear that such working models would need to persist for an extended …

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