Solving workforce concerns
New technological capabilities and adjustments mandated by the pandemic have sparked a revolution in how work is performed. This created different problems for various industries, but also presented new opportunities. Leaders of four of Grant Thornton’s industry practices offer what they think industry leaders must know to ensure their organization’s success.
Healthcare
Tremendous pressures on the industry left gaping workforce holes. How must healthcare respond?
Hospitality and restaurants
Few industries had as severe a collapse and as strong a recovery. How have work expectations changed?
Retail
The post-pandemic boom was welcome, but how are economic pressures now shaping its workforce?
Transportation and distribution
The work is there, but how can the industry attract young workers when pay alone isn’t the answer?
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Distressing trends have affected healthcare. Are solutions at hand?
Maximizing hospitality industry talent retention
Article
Restaurants and hotels are seeing business again. Will workers return, too?
Sound strategies can address retail workforce issues
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Success means tailoring solutions to all parts of the employee lifecycle.
The fight to fill cabs in the trucking industry
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Attracting new workers means thinking creatively about worker needs.
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Lisa Walkush
Principal, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Lisa Walkush is a principal at Grant Thornton Advisors LLC. She boasts significant experience in enterprise-program management, customer-relationship management and operational excellence, as well as compliance, validation and technology-consulting services.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Industries
- Asset management
- Banking
- Energy
- Healthcare
- Hospitality & Restaurants
- Insurance
- Life sciences
- Manufacturing, Transportation & Distribution
- Media & entertainment
- Not-for-profit & higher education
- Private equity
- Services
- Construction & real estate
- Retail & consumer brands
- Technology, media & telecommunications
- Transportation & distribution
Service Experience
- Advisory
Alex Rhodes
National Managing Partner, Hospitality & Restaurants
Partner, Audit Services, Grant Thornton LLP
Principal, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Alex is a partner in Grant Thornton’s audit services practice based in Fort Lauderdale with almost 20 years of experience serving publicly traded and privately held clients in an accounting
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Industries
- Construction & real estate
- Hospitality & Restaurants
Service Experience
- Audit & Assurance
Randolph Smith
Transportation Practice Leader Principal, Tax Services
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Randolph Smith is a partner in Grant Thornton’s Tax Services practice and is the national leader of the Transportation practice. He has more than 29 years of experience in public accounting.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Industries
- Construction & real estate
- Manufacturing, Transportation & Distribution
- Transportation & distribution
Service Experience
- Strategic federal tax
- Corporate Tax
- Tax
- Private Wealth Services