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The Skills Crisis: The Hard Cost of Soft Skills

Employers think Gen Z is entitled, distracted, and will quit the minute things get hard. Gen Z thinks employers are out of touch. Both sides are talking past each other […]

Uncomfortable Conversations: The Skills Crisis

8THIRTYFOUR Learning Hub 1365 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids

Click Here to Register SpeakersKim Bode, CEO of 8THIRTYFOURKevin Stotts, President of TalentFirstFacilitatorsDonovan Anderson, Interim Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Grand Valley State UniversityMarlee Boyle, […]

The Hard Cost of Soft Skills

Kellogg Center 1 McCamly Square, Battle Creek

While many associate business growth with technology, automation, or strategic planning, the real determinant of success is people, and how they collaborate, communicate, and lead. The so-called “soft skills” (or […]