
Big Business Insights: The Great Resignation’s impact on South African employers and HR managers
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Big Business Insights
Everyone at the helm of a business, whether a large corporate or a small or medium-sized enterprise, wants to take the right decisions for their businesses to grow and their people to thrive. Join Old Mutual Corporate’s Malusi Ndlovu as he talks to different experts to answer some of the questions you may have and help you to take informed decisions.
S1 EP4: The Great Resignation’s impact on South African employers and HR managers
The Great Resignation has been worrying HR professionals since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Employers in South Africa have also seen some of their best workers and even senior managers leave in pursuit of greater fulfilment and work-life balance. Dr Roze Phillips, a foremost workplace expert, leadership coach and futurist, talks to us about what employers can expect in the next few years.
Everyone at the helm of a business, whether a large corporate or a small or medium-sized enterprise, wants to take the right decisions for their businesses to grow and their people to thrive. Join Old Mutual Corporate’s Malusi Ndlovu as he talks to different experts to answer some of the questions you may have and help you to take informed decisions.
S1 EP4: The Great Resignation’s impact on South African employers and HR managers
The Great Resignation has been worrying HR professionals since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Employers in South Africa have also seen some of their best workers and even senior managers leave in pursuit of greater fulfilment and work-life balance. Dr Roze Phillips, a foremost workplace expert, leadership coach and futurist, talks to us about what employers can expect in the next few years.
Chapters
- 00:04 Introduction
- 00:28 Meet our guest speaker, Dr. Roze Phillips
- 00:51 What is a futurist, and how does their work relate to the world of work?
- 01:51 What is the Great Resignation?
- 04:16 Are organisations and employers listening to their employees? And what about quiet quitting?
- 06:24 Are company leaders really aware of everything in their organisation? Or do they have blind spots?
- 09:59 A different world post-Covid
- 11:52 What does the future hold for human resources professionals and the way HR operates?
- 16:47 Is it easier to be a quiet quitter when working from home?
- 18:19 What are the biggest challenges hybrid working will create for employers and HR?
- 20:41 How should organisations, employers and HR deal with talent mobility?



