Almost 18 months after the term “The Great Resignation” was coined by University College London Professor Anthony Klotz, the number of people voluntarily quitting their jobs is still climbing, according to the most recent Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey by the U.S. Labor Department. Even more worrying perhaps is the rise of “quiet quitting,” whereby professionals disconnect from their company culture and their job and do the minimum required to receive their paycheck at the end of the month. If left unchecked, both these instances of resignation—whether internal (doing the bare minimum) or external (quitting)—can pose a threat to business. Great leaders, however, are those who see opportunity in the data.
