Lauren's Column: Quiet quitting: A reckless term for “disengaged”

In Lauren’s latest Rochester Business Journal column, “Quiet quitting: A reckless term for “disengaged,” she discusses the new workplace term and the negative effects quiet quitters can have on other employees, themselves and the company. She shares some tips on how to focus on those at risk of becoming true quiet quitters, because in the same way quiet quitting is nothing new, the ways to mitigate it are timeless best practices.

Here are a few key takeaways from this month’s column:

• Support your managers with investments in training and give them the time and resources to lead their teams with empathy.
• Find opportunities to energize people—like a stretch assignment, mentoring, reskilling or offering internal mobility.
• Reinforce your company’s best practices to listen to how your employees are feeling and foster connections— because friendship, sense of belonging and feeling part of a shared purpose are key ingredients for engagement.

“If you want people to care about their work, care about your people. If you want invested, engaged employees, invest and engage in your employees. If you want team members to give more, give more to your team members.”

For the full column, click HERE.

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