Ep. 103 - Season 7 Opener: Getting Ready for a New World of Work

Strategic Momentum

Flywheel Associates conducted the inaugural wave of the State of Work and Career Success Study in 2020 to understand the U.S. workforce’s attitudes, behaviors and perceptions with respect to their career journey, goals, and needs. Our goal was to identify strategies and opportunities to help move them forward in their careers.

When we got the results, it was clear that workers’ goals and needs have shifted over the last 20 years. We conducted this survey in the early summer of 2020, right after the pandemic was beginning. The Great Resignation is very much reflecting, and perhaps magnifying, the results that we saw: people want more flexibility, people want to do something that gives them a sense of purpose, and people don’t want to work in conditions where they don’t feel respected.

But the survey only made us want to know more. So we decided to conduct another wave of research to measure trends in perceptions and conduct additional analysis to develop a deeper understanding of the needs of American workers. We’re getting the survey results back in the next month and then we’ll be diving into that data. So, in addition to interviewing people about what it takes to make progress in this new world of work, we’ll be including some relevant data from the survey in upcoming episodes. I’ll also be sharing everything we find over on Instagram and LinkedIn.

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