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Dan Smolen discusses Myers Briggs and the Great Resignation with expert Edythe Richards.
As 2022 begins, an estimated 20 million American workers opted for the Great Resignation. With such an unprecedented exit of active workforce members, we wondered about the correlation between Myers Briggs Type Indicators and the Great Resignation.
To help guide us through this critical discussion, we bring back Edythe Richards. Edythe is a world-renowned Myers Briggs expert who helps people discover their Myers Briggs Type. With such insight, people benefit greatly in their lives and careers.
In this episode, Edythe:
- Provides a quick review of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Starts at 4:27
- Explains how Myers Briggs insights factor into the Great Resignation. Starts at 6:29
- Offers five factors that motivate people in the Great Resignation. Starts at 12:53
- Discusses the loss of people skill and the need for workplace remediation to create new team leadership outcomes. Starts at 30:50
- Describes how the pandemic changed perceptions of MBTI. Starts at 38:29
Understanding Myers Briggs and the Great Resignation can help people to uncover key career sticking points.
And, among the factors affecting people in the workplace is boredom. Similarly, Edythe says that:
“Boredom is one of the clearest signs that [you are] in a career or a workplace that doesn’t suit your personality.”
About our guest:
Edythe Richards received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware and a Masters of Arts degree in Counseling from Seton Hall University. Her nationally recognized career counseling consultancy, A Top Career, is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
EPISODE DATE: January 14, 2022
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