Jason Ward Archive

Life decisions and workforce demographics will be an unexpected major force confronting businesses in a post-COVID-19 world. Peter Schumpeter looks ahead in this Economist article and asks what good could come from this upheaval, with two specific examples. Over 30 years in executive recruiting, counseling boards and CEOs on the deployment of human capital, our …

Recently trending is the phenomenon of candidates in the final stages of joining a new employer transforming into  ghosts: either disappearing just prior to an offer, accepting the position and then never showing up for work or starting the job and then after a few weeks deciding to stop going to work, in a copy …

This morning, I had the pleasure of going to a local networking breakfast where the featured speaker was Cindi Bigelow, CEO of Bigelow Tea, which has its headquarters here in Fairfield County. I expected to meet some nice and interesting people and to feel a sense of community, which I did. But I did not …