How to Spot Quiet Quitting, Part 1

General Douglas MacArthur once said that "age wrinkles the body, but quitting wrinkles the soul." This is first in a two part series on "quiet quitting," which is getting some attention these days. Today we focus on how to spot it,. A recent Workforce Confidence Index by LinkedIn showed that when employees were asked about their primary motivation for staying in their current jobs, 74% chose answers that amounted to some form of "sheltering" in a job: staying safe and hunkering down. This can take the form of only doing what's required or not volunteering for additional projects. And it could be driven by any number of factors: burnout or financial insecurity; a feeling of stagnation or dissatisfaction with leadership; a toxic work culture. In Part 2 we focus on how to address quiet quitting.