Privacy at Work: Know Your Rights [Infographic]
Many people have come close to giving up on the idea of privacy; social media and digital connectedness have left so many of us vulnerable…. Read More»
The 10 Reasons People Leave Their Job [Infographic]
Yesterday we ran a post by Megan Biro on why people really quit their jobs – the reasons are often not what employers THINK they are. It’s important to dispel the myths around why people really leave their jobs – especially for employers because hiring new employees is costly to both the bottom line and possibly work culture.
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6 Workplace Rules That Drive Everyone Crazy [Infographic]
The workplace can quickly become a battlefield when employees breach previously unspoken boundaries and bosses respond with stone cold rule-setting. As a result, there is an increased need for soft skills in the workplace and for mutual understanding between employers and employees rather than overly restrictive formal parameters.1 Arbitrary rules ranging from the proportion of […] Read more… Read More»
How to Achieve Workplace Well Being [Infographic]
As many studies show, there are tremendous benefits to a positive, optimistic workplace. If your employees are happy they’ll be more productive. This has ramifications, positive ones, throughout a company or organization. This infographic from Change Activation and Noble Concepts Inc. gives us ‘5 M’s’ that can be used to create a culture of workplace wellbeing.
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A Manager’s Guide to Working with Difficult Team Members [Infographic]
Working with difficult personalities is a challenge for all of us, but when you’re the manager it requires a different set of skill sets and know how. Unlike coworkers who can simply ignore a difficult person at work, a manager must find ways to make everyone’s work life easier.
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The Neuroscience of Storytelling [Infographic]
Great storytelling is an integral part of leadership. Steve Jobs may have been criticized for some elements of his leadership style, but he was able to get his team to believe in the vision he saw. To get your team on board and impassioned about your vision, you need to tell a story they believe in…. Read More»
Restoration Hardware: About THAT Email and What We Don’t Know
Back in February there was a lot of online outrage around what Bloomberg News called a “scorching” email sent to every employee of Restoration Hardware by its CEO & Chairman Gary Friedman. Many people quickly jumped to criticize Friedman’s harsh ALL CAPS language that included:… Read More»
Should You Allow Remote Work at Your Company [Infographic]
The number of companies allowing some form of remote work arrangement has increased dramatically over the last decade.
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What Successful Business Leaders Eat for Breakfast
Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet, 31 million Americans skip it every day because they were too busy, weren’t hungry or just didn’t feel like eating. … Read More»
New Managers Are Not Ready to Lead [Infographic]
In the first quarter of 2015 Millennials became the biggest demographic in the American workforce. The oldest Millennials are 36 now – head towards 40. GenX is so much smaller than GenY that it was inevitable that we would end up with a younger demographic pushing into management in large numbers. Many of them are […] Read more… Read More»