Insperity

JANUARY 23, 2024

Employers are always talking about employee engagement. For good reason, there’s a lot of interest in this topic – especially as workforce retention persists as a significant challenge. But what about employee fulfillment ? This is among one of the most overlooked topics in the larger conversation about productivity and retention. Employee fulfillment isn’t often on business leaders’ radar – but it should be.

Influencing 242

Influencing Flexibility Flexibility Salary 242

Spiceworks

JANUARY 23, 2024

The threat actor used password spray attacks, leading to compromised Microsoft email accounts. The post Microsoft Targeted by Russian State-Sponsored Cybercriminals appeared first on Spiceworks.

Security 180

Security 180

The Receptionist

JANUARY 23, 2024

When the calendar flips over from December to January, accountants and tax preparers enter their busy season. That’s right, it’s everyone’s favorite time of year: tax season. While some tax preparers work from home and complete their clients’ taxes virtually, many work from an office. And when that office is filled with stressed-out and confused people coming and going, it can be overwhelming for everyone who works there.

Food 130

Food Security Planning Learning 130

Spiceworks

JANUARY 23, 2024

An information security management system (ISMS) is a structured approach to protect data, manage risks, and ensure cybersecurity compliance. The post What Is an Information Security Management System (ISMS)? Meaning, Working, Benefits, and Best Practices appeared first on Spiceworks.

Security 161

Security 161

McKensey

JANUARY 23, 2024

Expedia Group powers many other companies’ travel interfaces and inventories. Ariane Gorin, president of Expedia for Business, outlines the elements of a great corporate partnership.

Logistics 125

Logistics 125

Success

JANUARY 23, 2024

Let’s face it: Technology can be your best asset or your biggest source of frustration. Tech changes fast, and it feels like there’s a new tool that you need to be using every day now. Done right, today’s technology can significantly increase your productivity, help you hit your goals and increase your income. Done wrong, you could spend years learning tools that ultimately don’t help you accomplish your goals.

Technology 124

Technology Manufacturing Retail Banking 124

McKensey

JANUARY 23, 2024

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

Problem-Solving 107

Problem-Solving 107

Yarooms

JANUARY 23, 2024

ESG is more than you think. It encompasses an organization’s impact on the environment and society, as well as a broad range of issues that can influence a company’s long-term sustainability and performance. In simple words, it stands for “ environmental, social, and governance ”, and reporting on all these factors has become an essential tool for organizations to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.

Government 103

Government Influencing Reporting 103

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

Since April 2022, Hannah Williams, the Gen Z creator behind TikTok sensation Salary Transparent Street, has gained more than 1.3 million followers—and earned more than $1 million through partnerships with companies like Capital One, Indeed, and workforce management platform Deputy. Her trademark woman-on-the-street conversations with workers about their jobs, benefits—and, most importantly, their paychecks—has gained the attention of social media users around the world.

Salary 106

Salary Government Networking Payroll 106

Office Snapshots

JANUARY 23, 2024

NT Studio designed the Tripledot Studios offices with ample workspace and bold colors in Barcelona, Spain. Tripledot offices is a project of integral reform and interior design. Located on Av. Diagonal in Barcelona, these new offices have a surface area of 1,000 m2. The building where they are housed has BREEAM sustainability certification, so all the installations have been centralized in the general control system.

Equipment 90

Equipment Controlling Planning 90

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

Leaders are finding themselves at the forefront of a rapidly changing environment characterized by the convergence of technological advancements, global events, and an uncertain economy. They are simultaneously navigating change and transforming their organizations while boards are questioning whether they have the right people and skills to power the organization’s strategy and goals.

Technology 101

Technology Reporting Decision Making Creativity 101

McKensey

JANUARY 23, 2024

Nordic countries represent just 3 percent of global software demand, yet they have become home to Europe’s fastest-growing software funding hub.

Software 94

Software 94

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the pantheon of influential women in tech and business, Sheryl Sandberg stands as a towering figure, her legacy a complex tapestry woven with threads of groundbreaking success and marked by strands of controversy. As Sandberg steps away from her board role at Meta, formerly Facebook, it’s essential to reflect on the duality of her impact. As a gender economist who advocates for systemic change in gender dynamics at work, I recognize the multifaceted nature of Sandberg’s contribu

Influencing 100

Influencing Leadership Technology Prioritization 100

Office Snapshots

JANUARY 23, 2024

IA Design completed the 255 George Street Spec Suites with ample natural light and greenery in Sydney, Australia. IA Design are excited to share their recently completed speculative fitout at 255 George Street, Sydney. The initial brief was to create an environment that was not only open and inviting but also distinguished itself from other speculative projects in the Sydney CBD market.

Project Management 82

Project Management Creativity 82

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

Fast Company is now accepting applications for our annual Best Workplaces for Innovators awards. This marks the sixth year we will be recognizing companies and organizations around the world that most effectively empower employees at all levels to improve processes, create new products, or invent whole new ways of doing business. In addition to honoring the world’s 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, we will also recognize companies in more than 30 different categories, including 10 that

Automotive 99

Automotive Transportation Manufacturing Computer 99

Office Snapshots

JANUARY 23, 2024

Udesign Architecture designed Qualit Air&Sea ‘s international logistics offices in Istanbul, Turkey. Qualit Air&Sea is an international logistics company which was established in France in 1986. Their Istanbul Office was established in 2015. Despite its young age, the founders and the core team of the company have been in the industry and have been working together for over 20 years.

Logistics 78

Logistics Office Layout Equipment Creativity 78

Great Place to Work

JANUARY 23, 2024

Great Place To Work research shows that robust listening efforts can lead to important business outcomes, from stronger recruitment and retention to higher stock market returns. For companies looking to improve their workplace culture, there’s no better place to start than the nine high-trust leadership behaviors. Great Place To Work® identified these actions as the most effective ways for companies to build trust with employees — the most important factor in creating a great workplace culture a

Pharmaceutical 64

Pharmaceutical Banking Reporting Leadership 64

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

We’ve lived through a lot of disruptions in the past few years. In case you were hoping things would ease up, you might be disappointed—some experts are predicting disruptions might actually ramp up in 2024. This means that businesses will need to continue to be flexible and resilient. If there’s room for improvement in your organization, it’s a great time to work on growing these capacities across your teams.

Software 59

Software Healthcare Finance Government 59

All Things Admin Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Procedures aren’t just useful for helping you remember the important details as you complete your tasks. They’re equally as important for your team members. Sharing your procedures with other members of the office allows someone to cover for you during planned and unplanned absences. You won’t have to feel guilty about taking a sick day or scheduling a much-needed vacation, because you’ll know that the office is in good hands while you’re gone.

Delegation 52

Delegation Mentoring Onboarding Communication 52

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

Leaders trying to grasp the record number of strikes in 2023, and what they foreshadow, may gain the best insights from an unexpected source: the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat by Lynn Nottage. As a clinical professor of leadership at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, I use the humanities to help students gain insights into pressing moral issues they will face throughout their careers.

Manufacturing 59

Manufacturing Leadership Decision Making Consulting 59

Ruby

JANUARY 23, 2024

If a tree falls in the woods but no one hears it, does it make a sound? Apply that age-old thought experiment to your small businesses. If you launch a business to sell a product or service but no one knows about it, will anyone buy it? Probably not. In any case, you don’t want to find out. So instead, focus on making sure as many people as possible hear about your offerings by creating a remarkable first marketing campaign!

Advertising 52

Advertising Sales Small Business Creativity 52

fm:systems

JANUARY 23, 2024

60% of business leaders want employees back in-office five days a week 37% of organizations plan to expand their real.

Planning 52

Planning 52

Mad in America

JANUARY 23, 2024

O ne of the defining features in the socially constructed mental disorders in the DSM is the concept of “impairment.” In order to get a diagnosis for certain mental conditions, significant distress or disturbance in functioning in certain areas of life is required. Functional impairment may seem like a clear criterion on the surface, but in practical application, it is not in the slightest.

Government 112

Government Construction Controlling Healthcare 112

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

For better or worse, 2023 may be remembered as the year when “quiet” permeated the workplace. Terms like “quiet quitting,” “quiet hiring,” “quiet promoting,” and even “quiet firing” gained attention as employers and employees emerged from the unprecedented disruption of the pandemic.

Leadership 105

Leadership Promotion Reporting Learning 105

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

The backlash to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is not a bad weather event. It didn’t simply happen. Still, those rooting for DEI’s demise act as if the recent resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay, whom some see as a figurehead for such initiatives, was a naturally occurring tornado warning, rather than a confluence of events with a lot of calculation behind them.

Legal 111

Legal Networking Promotion Reporting 111