The Great Resignation — the solution is not more pay or more flexible hours

The precursor to The Great Resignation is The Great Delusion

We have all heard about The Great Resignation, but few realize that it is The Great Delusion that started this. While the pandemic has definitely exacerbated the issues and brought things to the tipping point, the seed that set The Great Resignation in motion was sown a long time ago.

So, what is The Great Delusion?

To answer that question, we will need to connect the dots backwards. Coined by Anthony Klotz, an organizational psychologist from Texas A&M University, The Great Resignation is fundamentally about a re-think of the role of work in our lives. Forced by the pandemic to work from home, work and life have become so closely intertwined that people are resigning from jobs that no longer allow them to achieve self-actualization.

As self-actualization is the realization of one’s potential and the full development of one’s abilities and appreciation for life, for some, resigning means taking the road less traveled and becoming an entrepreneur. For others, resigning means joining another organization to do work that is meaningful to themselves, while for the majority it would mean joining an organization that values (and treats) them as individuals. Being valued as individuals…