Local councils across Australia and New Zealand are facing increasing pressure. Tighter budgets, heightened psychosocial risk and rising expectations from employees and communities. On 11 March, Gallup is hosting a virtual forum with senior council executives, HR professionals and workplace experts to explore how high-performing councils are strengthening culture and building more resilient workplaces. The conversation will be grounded in Gallup’s latest workplace research and real-world example ...

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Across 107 countries and areas, the economy is the most frequently cited national problem worldwide. But concern about economic issues is not evenly shared. Gallup’s global research shows that younger adults experience the highest levels of economic anxiety. Even after accounting for national income and other demographic factors, adults aged 15 to 34 are more likely than older groups to name the economy or affording basic needs as their country’s most important problem. This generational gap is ...

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No surprise that economic issues are the top problem most people report, but there's more to the story than Carville's maxim. First, while economic issues and basic needs like food and shelter are mentioned most frequently among lower-income countries, subjective feelings about one's household income are a far stronger predictor of citing that topic than are national economic statistics. This is a critical relationship we at Gallup have seen time and again through the World Poll - disconnects be ...

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