Shifting Focus From Turnover To Talent
Picture your local hospital. Think about the people who work there and the work they do. What would happen if that hospital closed? What...
Feb 23, 20223 min read
X Marks the Spot: Super Bowl advertisers target a previously overlooked demographic.
If the Super Bowl LVI ads are any indication of where we’re headed as a society, there’s much to celebrate and anticipate. Advertisers...
Feb 14, 20223 min read
An Unexpected Spring: How the pandemic is influencing students and why it matters
In previous years, the arrival of spring would feel like a welcome reward to students. It’s the time when months of work come to fruition...
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Leadership In A Time of Crisis: 3 Strategies to Successfully Manage Change
When I was 25 years old, I was hired into a leadership role at a company which, unbeknownst to me at the time of my hire, was...
Dec 9, 20216 min read
Kick the Quit: Why Work Isn’t Working and What to Do About It
The Great Resignation. The Talent Tsunami. Whatever you choose to call it, it’s the speck of sand in our eyes – it stings, it’s...
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Let’s Talk About X – And Y and Z: How to overcome a fear of age diversity
A friend recently posted a photo of her five-year-old daughter playing with teddy bears and Barbies, just as children have done for many...
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Sarah Sladek, XYZ University CEO, Appointed to Forbes Business Council
Richmond, VA — Sarah Sladek, the founder and CEO of XYZ University, LLC, has been appointed to the Forbes Business Council. Sladek was...
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Scary Employee Retention Stats 2021
The costumes have been put away. The haunted houses have closed. Attention has shifted from watching horror movies to watching for Black...
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Gen Z: The Youth Vote and The 2020 Election
XYZ University defines Gen Z as those who were born between 1996 and 2009, now making up almost 30% of the world’s population. Since the...
Jan 14, 20214 min read
Understanding Gen Z – 2021: An Inside Perspective
Generation Z, or those born between 1996 and 2009, now makes up almost 30% of the world’s population. With this high statistic comes...
Jan 9, 20214 min read
Take It To The House, Kid – What the 2020 Super Bowl Ads Reveal About Ourselves, Our Society
By Sarah Sladek It’s the 100th anniversary of the NFL and the dawn of a new decade, and the advertisers who invested in the 54th Super...
Feb 3, 20203 min read
The Question Every Leader Should Ask
By Sarah Sladek – It’s happening again. Eight years ago I authored a blog on what was being referred to as “the big global crack up”. In...
Dec 20, 20194 min read
Why the Generational Topic is More Controversial — and More Relevant — Than Ever
By Sarah Sladek There’s been considerable debate on the topic of generations. In 2019, the ‘OK, Boomer’ campaign reached a fever pitch...
Dec 9, 20195 min read
Terrifying Tidbits… #ScaryStats2019
Scary Stats is baaaaack… in its 7th edition! Workforce – 70% of the workforce is disengaged – The majority of workers are disengaged —...
Oct 31, 20192 min read
Building the Workforce: Sarah Sladek and XYZ University Announce Training Partnership With Build Cal
Every day, the shortage in the skilled trades becomes more acute. The trades lost nearly a million skilled workers during the recession...
Oct 4, 20192 min read
Partnering for a Better Tomorrow
By Heather Thomton-Stockman Recently I had the pleasure of presenting a series of Generations@Work trainings for a local construction...
May 21, 20192 min read
Workplace Etiquette: The haunting truth of ‘ghosting’
By Sarah Sladek, XYZ University CEO Workplace etiquette. Turns out, that’s a pretty controversial subject right now. Recently I presented...
Apr 24, 20193 min read
The Future is Bright
By Josh Miller “If you take associations and put them in the middle of everything going on in society, I’d say that the association...
Jan 7, 20193 min read