In this episode, Dr. Bret Anderson shares his work developing employer-fit algorithm tools and experience with a variety of corporate cultures with NCDA's Director of Professional Development, Melissa Venable. Bret is the President of h2 Communication, LLC, which provides job readiness training, executive coaching, and frontline leadership development. The conversation describes a current shift toward an expectation for work/life balance, led in large part by employees. The challenges of cross-generational workplaces are also addressed. Bret shares examples and observations about how different industries are reacting. The importance of understanding how all of this is impacting the individuals we are working with, along with ways to extend and augment traditional theories to meet the demands of quickly changing career development needs. ResourcesCAP42 Employer-Fit Algorithm AssessmentToxic Culture is Driving the Great Resignation -  MIT Sloan Management ReviewIs Quiet Quitting Real? – GALLUPState of the Global Workplace: 2023 Report - GALLUPInterview with David Larry Blustein on The Psychology of Working – eScholarship@BostonCollegeTop Predictors of Employee Turnover (Sull, Sull & Zweig, 2022):10.4% - Toxic Corporate Culture3.5% - Job insecurity and Reorganization3.2% - High Levels of Innovation2.9% - Failure to Recognize Employee Performance1.8% - Poor Response to COVID-19