2021: The Year of "I Quit"

Kristen Knowles

March 23, 2021

Corporate Culture, Burnout, Corporate America, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Development, Professional Development

According to a recent survey and featured in an article in Forbes, 2021 is going to be the year of decreased company loyalty and the employee break-up.

After surviving 2020, a lot of companies believe that their employees are just grateful to have a job. While it might be true, that those who did not experience layoffs or furloughs are thankful to have not gone through that—what we are hearing from employees is a completely different tune.

2021 is going to be the year of turnover. People went through hell and back during 2020 and many are struggling to stay positive. They understood we were all just trying to figure things out and survive last year, but now they are looking to their companies to see how they are going to intentionally fix the disengagement, increase resources & support, and redesign culture & the employee experience in a post-covid world.

Kristen Knowles

October 22, 2020

Corporate Culture, Coaching, Leadership Development, Vulnerability, Courageous Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Corporate America

Vulnerability in the workplace

Kristen Knowles

October 22, 2020

Corporate Culture, Coaching, Leadership Development, Vulnerability, Courageous Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Corporate America

There are popular books circulating that say the key to success and the company growing to the next level is for risk-taking, courage, and failure to be welcomed and encouraged. But we don’t take the time to break down the old culture first: office politics, leave your emotions at the door, do things my way, know your place and act appropriately for your level, etc. All of these hinder the ability for vulnerable acts like risk-taking and creative thinking.