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When we think about a career, we are not simply thinking about wages, projects, and staff meetings. Our society has moved away from “clock-in” culture and rigid formalities. When we go to work, we want to be recognized and appreciated not only for our talents, but we also want to be engaged in an environment that […]
BY Nzingha Hall | June 27, 2022Corporations across industry are scrambling for solutions to perhaps the most pressing need in today’s business climate: effective employeeretention. So far, they’re seeing mixed results at best. “Traditional tactics, things like company-wide pulse surveys [of employees], company-wide recognition programs, these things don’t appear to be working,” said Dave Novak, senior talent strategy consultant at SmartRecruiters, […]
BY Michael Stahl | June 27, 2022Talent management these days can feel like an endless cycle of attracting and welcoming new hires into the workplace, only to be followed by frustration when those employees leave just as it seemed they were settling in. The Great Resignation, which goes by many names, has seen record numbers of Americans quit their jobs over […]
BY Susan Kelly | June 21, 2022A few months ago, the wife of Matti Niebelschütz, the founder and managing director of CoachHub, a global talent-development platform, told him that she felt he was suddenly not very present at home. He was “physically” there, she told him, but not “mentally.” “When you’re playing with the kids, you’re not really paying attention,” he […]
BY Michael Stahl | June 21, 2022The number of executives with diversity and inclusion titles more than doubled between 2015 and 2020, and companies continue to add diversity leaders and entire teams to make their workplaces welcome, safe, and productive for all employees. But before you tick the inclusion box and move on, consider that one department, one that’s often set […]
BY Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | June 21, 2022The hybrid work environment is here to stay–and companies need to provide coaching in a personalized way to match an employee’s remote, hybrid, or in-person work schedule. What are the emerging best practices for ensuring equity in such a variety of situations? How can employers avoid favoring those who spend more time in the workplace, […]
BY Jennifer Haupt | June 20, 2022If we’re going to prioritize the well-being of workers and prevent burnout, we can’t expect employees to work at the same pace they did three years ago. “It’s an imperative now, in our environment, to start thinking about how we’re looking at high expectations and performance at the same time that we’re thinking about well-being,” […]
BY Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | June 20, 2022While the switch to remote work was stressful for most employees, people over the age of 50 tended to handle pandemic stresses and remote work much better than their younger coworkers, according to Heather Tinsley-Fix, AARP senior advisor of Financial Resilience. Research from the Stanford Center of Longevity and Nintex, a process-management and workflow-automation company, […]
BY Sheryll Poe | June 16, 2022Stress, burnout, overwork—no worker has been immune over the last few years of the pandemic. Many employees, in fact, have hit a wall and are quitting their jobs en masse. So how can you build a workplace, and a workforce, able to respond to these challenges? More companies should be thinking through a lens of […]
BY Emily Nonko | June 16, 2022One of the few consolations of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it powered a surge in global volunteerism. According to the United Nations, the Red Cross received hundreds of thousands of new volunteers around the world, and received so many requests to volunteer, they didn’t have the time or the staff to respond to all […]
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