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Amid the Great Resignation, some have posited that employers don’t really know why employees are leaving in droves. But what if that’s just as true for employees themselves? A military veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan observes, “This Great Resignation is actually a normal response that most people have never gone through. I’ve experienced this kind of thing after every return from deployment.” That sparked a conversation on attrition, redeployment anomie, confusion, grief, anger, and more. Don’t miss this fascinating back-and-forth for a new lens on how leaders can respond in ways that serve companies and employees alike.

— Torea Frey, managing editor, Seattle

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“Everybody has personal boundaries but not all of those boundaries have to be limitations. That was a powerful lesson for me.”

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