How to turn the Great Resignation into great opportunities

To companies and organizations scrambling to keep up with increased demand, from restaurants to police departments to construction crews, there’s nothing great about the Great Resignation.

Coined by Texas A&M Associate Professor of Management Anthony Klotz in May, the Great Resignation — others dubbed it the Big Quit — is a working theory easily visible to any executive, entrepreneur or hiring manager in the region. They see it in the droves of people leaving or quitting, sometimes totally getting out of the field they are in. The domino effect, of course, follows: less productivity and more burnout in the people who remain at their post. And the cost — in money and aggravation — in hiring replacements can be painful.