Real-Resilience

A comparative analysis between 2018 and 2021 in the reasons why people are leaving their jobs. This is critical right now because of the quantum leap we are experiencing in voluntary quit rates each month.

My name is Matthew Lostaglia, founder and chief talent strategist at Resilient Talent Solutions, a company that I started to bridge the gap between what CEOs want and what employees, or talent, want. In recent years, the desires of the employees have started to transform, and businesses are struggling to adjust their organizations to accommodate the new landscape as we can see reflected in over 6 months of record setting voluntary quit rates in the US. I believe that as a workforce the US is now shifting into the third rung of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and this must be the new baseline for organizations who are in the hunt to find, acquire, and retain pivotal talent.

Quit rates have skyrocketed over the past two years in what the masses have dubbed the “Great Resignation.” One big question is whether the reasons for quitting have changed. The good news is that we have data we can look at. I am going to compare Gallup survey results with Pew results, and we will look at consistencies over time and potential emerging trends.

This is a review of an article written by Travelers Risk Control Team written on 3 steps to help attract and retain skilled manufacturing talent.  I critique areas they are lacking, poke fun at a risk management team diving into talent management, and provide my own insights into this world of attracting and retaining talent.

Yes, the event that has swept our nation's attention away from COVID-19, from a war in Eat0s0ern Europe that could propel us into WWIII, and a gas prices soaring higher than giraffe...well you get it!

I don't want to talk about the drama, not the events leading up to or even necessarily what happened that fateful night for one of my favorite comedians of all time.  No, I want to talk about what happened afterwards. So let's give the memes and GIFs a break for half a sec and have a nice chat shall we!

Cheerlead those who cheerlead you and watch what happens to your life.

It is officially March of 2022 people!  This is incredible!  How are your new years resolutions going? Oh wait, what? New years resolutions? Yeah, you probably haven't thought about those in a couple of weeks or maybe even a month if you ever thought about them at all?

Why is that?  Well I take a look at one of the most common new years resolutions over the past 5 years that was consistently plastered across all of the socials.  "GET THESE DANG TOXIC PEOPLE OUT OF MY LIFE!"  Yes there were hilarious memes and GIFS filled with plenty of sass and attitude.

But my questions to you are...

1. What does it mean to be toxic?

2. Are "toxic" people irredeemable? Is permanency a contingent component of toxicity?

3. How successful were you in your efforts?

4. (And this is a tough one) - Have you looked into the mirror and done a self check on your toxic levels?

I propose that trying not to do something, or trying to get rid of something is actually much more difficult then seeking out something or pursuing a positive gain.  Once the consistency of food, water, and safety is established we then become motivated to lead better and more fulfilling lives and it is hard if not impossible to do this without meaningful relationships.

It is one thing to start a new relationship (friend, intimate, business, family, etc.) but to maintain it, and to give it it's proper care and attention, and to do so as a priority of life, this is where our lives change.

Our lives improve through the actions we take, especially those actions that reflect true and honest care and love for those around us.

Cheerlead those who cheerlead you and watch what happens to your life.

On this latest episode of Real-Resilience we discuss mental landmines, pitfalls, and traps that are common for humans cross-culture and time. First we discuss what these landmines are, then how to identify them in yourself and then the tactics you can employ today, to start paving a new path that will improve your interpersonal relationships, confidence, team work, while reducing stress and a propensity for rumination that some of us just simply love! (Read the last part there with the adequate amount of dripping sarcasm!)

Sleep is...well completely mad when you think about it!  Why in the world would we evolve to spend 1/3 of our days, and thus 1/3 of our lives in a state of relative unconscious when there are plenty of animal out there that want to eat us or our families, we could be gathering more food and resources, or anything seemingly more productive than simply laying there in another world.  I dive into this, some recent scientific literature around sleep, and how we can take proactive steps to pull the reins in on sleep so we can use it as another tool in our kit bag that we use to build a more resilient and thus more prosperous and fulfilling life.

Every entity in our world today is vying for your attention.  From the minute you wake up to the minute you go to sleep you have loved ones, professional colleagues, social media apps, news channels, movies, commercials, and even scientists competing for your eyeballs all in an effort to influence you one way or another.  So how to you stay yourself in such a turbulent environment for your mind?  We must look at ourselves and where we stand in this state of modern warfare.  How are you processing information that is coming in to you?  What tools or resources do you have to confront and manage competing narratives attempting to sway you towards their point of view? This episode focuses on defining the most powerful tool and series of actions you can take to objectively look at the world around you so that you can repel the emotion evoking headlines of the day.

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And then fighting back up to higher mountain tops

My personal story of having my personal philosophies and practical approaches to handling struggles in my life utterly destroyed, becoming out of shape, depressed, divorced, and lost.  And then finding a bright light and fighting like hell to reach mountain tops never before even known about let alone possible to summit.

The world influences us everyday and in every which way.  This influence typically comes in the form of good vs evil.  We see ourselves within this construct as a force being pulled by temptations attempting to moor ourselves to ideologies of good striving to stride towards a good life.  What is wrong with that? Well nothing in it of itself, this is a fine motivation and when we strive towards good we do indeed make our lives and the lives of those around us better.  However what if this very construct, that of Good Vs Evil, is not the most accurate and is certainly not the most useful way to view the elements that are truly guiding our behavior.

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I, like many of you, find myself drawn towards yes.  Whether it be at home or in the professional setting.  We may have 15 things on our plate right now, but when somebody that you love, or someone at work whom you respect leans on you to help them with something we will almost unequivocally say yes because that is how we see ourselves.  We see ourselves as people who are helpful, that are smart and competent.  But how smart and competent is it when you spread yourself out too thin?  Perhaps you're not even spread out too thin and you have the time to take on a new project, but it doesn't actually align with your goals and the vision you have of your future.  When you say yes to this thing, you are inherently saying no to the next opportunities that are on the horizon.  So, sometimes by saying no to this one thing, we are actually saying yes to the next and better thing!