{"id":55454,"date":"2022-04-28T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T08:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/?p=55454"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:26:58","slug":"how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to survive and thrive in the great resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>For the past four months, Wiley has been analyzing survey data from almost 5,000 working professionals to discuss the impact of The Great Resignation, a movement that\u00a0 impacts almost every organization across the globe. As Wiley writes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everythingdisc.com\/insights-to-action\/survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-the-great-reformation.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original version<\/a> of this article, what about the future of teams <\/span><em>after<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>The Great Resignation?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><strong>With as many as 95% of employees considering leaving their organization, most teams are in the middle of, or will likely be encountering, a reboot<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span>(Blum, 2020). Processes are being evaluated, organizational structure is shifting, new bosses, new teammates, sometimes no teammates?! It\u2019s all up for grabs. So, what should you know about The Great Reformation and its impact on teams? We\u2019ve broken it down into the three Rs: rebuild, re-establish, and re-evaluate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Rebuild Morale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the last year, most people have experienced major changes to their teams, including the loss (68%) or addition (85%) of a team member, a change in manager (46%), or even moving to a whole new team (32%). These changes are stressful, not only because of the added workloads, burnout, and fatigue, but also the sudden change in team culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Respondents who experienced a team change were more likely to rate their team culture less positively than respondents who have not experienced a team change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-changes-experienced.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-changes-experienced.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-changes-experienced-980x563.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-changes-experienced-480x276.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-55457\" title=\"how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-changes-experienced\" alt=\"How to survive and thrive in the great resignation changes experienced\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>It was found that when a team experiences changes to their culture, they may also experience a cascade of other issues, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work inefficiency<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty aligning on priorities<\/li>\n<li>Confusion around expectations and key decisions<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty communicating openly and honestly<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty building or maintaining trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Unsurprisingly, for most of our respondents, navigating the difficulties in building or maintaining trust after a team change was the hardest part of the experience. During this change period, having transparent and frequent communication is an important task an organization can undertake to help teams successfully navigate these changes. This means making trust and communication the backbone of your workforce by building in opportunities for dedicated team conversations to help shaping and rebuilding culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Re-establish Norms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>When a team member leaves his organization, it impacts more than just that team, it affects all people that interacted with that team. As teams change, boundaries, workloads, and competencies need to be re-established. Further, the heightened period of instability following a team change can leave many employees feeling lost as they struggle to understand what is now expected of them. In fact, unclear team expectations is one of the top three stressors experienced by employees during a team change and can have a significant impact on their morale. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is no wonder that\u00a0<\/span><strong>when Wiley asked respondents what their organization should do to help navigate team changes, the majority of them said they simply wanted more clarity on team expectations, boundaries, and roles<\/strong><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other top responses included opportunities for skills training and having a clear plan for managing workload and balance. Because so many people are part of several teams across their organization, it\u2019s important that each team has a clear understanding of their expectations and roles to optimize collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-clarity.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-clarity.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-clarity-980x295.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-clarity-480x144.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-55461\" title=\"how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-clarity\" alt=\"How to survive and thrive in the great resignation clarity\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Re-evaluate Flexibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Just over half of Wiley's respondents are currently working remotely or in a hybrid environment and the majority would prefer to keep it this way moving forward. With many employees prioritizing work\/life balance more than ever before, organizations need to focus on flexibility, such as when and where people work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>While 88% of Wiley's respondents said that having workplace flexibility is important to them, only 50% said they work in organizations that offer it.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Even more convincing, individuals that reported they had flexible work environments also reported being much more satisfied with their work\/life balance. This indicates a gap of opportunity for organizations to stay competitive with flexibility becoming the determining factor that draws in future talent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-flexibility.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-flexibility.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-flexibility-980x295.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-flexibility-480x144.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-55464\" title=\"how-to-survive-and-thrive-in-the-great-resignation-flexibility\" alt=\"How to survive and thrive in the great resignation flexibility\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>Life after The Great Resignation is no longer a distant future, it\u2019s here. While teams have found themselves battered by the onslaught of change, it is time to move away from simply surviving to thriving. We think the key is to focus on rebuilding morale, re-establishing norms, and re-evaluating flexibility moving forward. There is no better time than now for organizations to get team culture right from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>References:<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20201023-can-young-people-thrive-in-a-remote-work-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20201023-can-young-people-thrive-in-a-remote-work-world<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4667],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership-disc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59390,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55454\/revisions\/59390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disc-partners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}