Insperity
MARCH 15, 2022
More and more for-profit companies are realizing the benefits of establishing an employee benevolence program, but what exactly is it, and why is it becoming popular? Often limited to communities of faith or service organizations, benevolence finds its place in the corporate setting by filling gaps for employees who face financial hardships that might not qualify for other types of assistance.
Wellable
MARCH 14, 2022
As employees return to the workplace, employers have more opportunities to address wellness needs holistically. Hydration is a clear example. Often requiring environmental solutions that increase awareness, access, and motivation, remote arrangements put employers at a disadvantage when implementing strategies that encourage healthy drinking behaviors.
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Success
MARCH 18, 2022
I reject the fear that rejection is something to worry about. Let me explain. Rejection almost never happens. In fact, rejection—at least the kind we all so desperately fear—is extremely rare. To prove this point, I ask my audiences two questions. “How many of you have been rejected by a person in a way that truly hurt your identity and prospects in life?
The Receptionist
MARCH 14, 2022
When you run an educational institution, your top responsibility is to keep everyone on campus safe. But “safe” can be defined in various ways. From health to hazards, there are countless potential risks that await you, your staff, your students, and your visitors. One of the most important safety concerns for a school or educational facility is visitor management.
Insperity
MARCH 17, 2022
The widespread adoption of remote work has enabled a larger number of companies to hire employees from anywhere – in the same city, across the state, the other side of the U.S. or even around the world. By hiring employees across time zones, many companies are taking advantage of the opportunity to: Extend business hours Make personnel immediately available to more customers, thereby improving customer service Broaden the job candidate pool to obtain top-tier talent Increase diversity in their w
Wellable
MARCH 16, 2022
In July 2019, a class action lawsuit was filed against Yale University for the structure of its employee wellness program, Health Expectations. The high-profile settlement, which is still subject to court approval, is likely to have a lasting impact on the use of incentives to encourage employees to share health information.
Success
MARCH 18, 2022
Do you struggle with overwhelm and stress because you’re always too busy? Do you constantly feel like you’re hustling and forcing your way to your next big goal? If you’re a goal-centric person, I bet that just as soon as you’ve hit one milestone, two days, a week or maybe a month later, you’re already scrambling toward the next one.
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Vantage Circle
MARCH 16, 2022
A spot award or on-the-spot recognition is one of the best and quickest ways to deliver meaningful rewards to your employees. Today, organizations understand the significance of appreciating their employees. Unlike service awards or "employee of the month" awards , today, spot awards are more commonly offered in traditional reward systems. This shift is often perceived as a positive one.
Go Burrows
MARCH 13, 2022
Candice Bozarth is a career executive assistant and has experience in the arts administration, space-tech, private asset management, and construction industries. In this episode, Candice talks about how to know when it’s time to move on, how to overcome imposter syndrome, and how to leverage the Leader Assistant Community to help you advance in your career.
Success
MARCH 12, 2022
In a typical year, Jared Neff, owner of Neff Yacht Sales in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, travels for work a few times a month. He flies to international boat shows and often takes clients to see yachts for sale all over the world. Last year, COVID-related international travel bans kept Neff mostly grounded. He took three round-trip domestic flights the entire year and didn’t travel internationally at all.
Great Place to Work
MARCH 17, 2022
How to get the best employee stories from your people for creating a compelling employer brand. Once upon a time…. If you grew up reading fairy tales, you know that sentence. It’s the one that means we’re about to climb a beanstalk or tumble down a rabbit hole into another world. As kids, we saw those stories as entertainment. But they also taught us life lessons, about things like love and power and injustice.
Vantage Circle
MARCH 17, 2022
If you are trying to improve employee engagement, setting up a suggestion box can be a great way to get your employees involved. Employees can use employee suggestion boxes to bring professional and workplace concerns to the management's attention. When implemented correctly, a suggestion box can help you transform the company culture by acting as a source of real-time feedback.
Atlassian
MARCH 17, 2022
Subscribe to Work Life Get stories like this in your inbox Subscribe. 5-second summary. During the height of Covid, customer-service staffers in the cruise industry were under incredible pressure to reassure and help customers, while also navigating massive changes in their own lives. Royal Caribbean Group turned to Atlassian’s Team Playbook to help create an empathy-centered customer service experience.
Success
MARCH 17, 2022
Taking a nap should be the easiest thing you do. It’s certainly easier than working your way through college or maintaining a full-time job. Compared with those things, rest is a breeze. It takes 10 seconds to walk to the bed and perhaps another 1.6 to climb inside. Once you’re there, strenuous thinking dissipates (or should) as the body settles. But as simple as rest appears, it has an annoying habit of being the most elusive thing ever.
All Work
MARCH 17, 2022
When planning and designing a company workspace, data – such as head counts and square footage – is essential. But how do you measure things like culture, morals, productivity, and well-being? Stantec’s Brad Robichaux and Stephanie Wood explore how to utilize data, while also taking a holistic view, to create a space that fosters community and ‘buy in’ that is tied to company culture.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 16, 2022
This post, my older male colleague gives me condescending, unsolicited advice , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I occasionally work with an older gentleman (different organizations, collaborative projects), “Bob,” who gives a lot of unsolicited advice. It’s funny because he’s … a bit prickly? And his advice is always about building relationships.
Atlassian
MARCH 14, 2022
Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. The use of mobile devices in the workplace has been increasing for years, but with the mass move to remote and hybrid workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, rates jumped even higher. Over a third of American workers have said their mobile device usage has increased over the last year, according to TRUCE Software, and 62 percent say their mobile phones and tablets have played a critical role in helping them be prod
Success
MARCH 16, 2022
Y?ou started with a great idea, enthusiastic talent and a core group of dedicated believers who felt that you were all in it together. As your company moved from idea to reality, you brought a few more people into the fold, but you hand-picked them and they blended right into the startup culture. As your company took flight, you added more talent and the organization grew from a “we all do whatever’s necessary” mindset to the beginnings of defined roles.
Productivityist
MARCH 18, 2022
“I should have picked up Steal Like an Artist a long time ago.” That was the thought that ran through my mind as I read the 10th anniversary edition of this work by Austin Kleon from cover to cover to prepare for this very special bonus episode of A Productive Conversation. Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist , Show Your Work!
Ask a Manager
MARCH 14, 2022
This post, I get angry when employees make mistakes , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’ve got a question regarding how much “mistake tolerance” is expected in the workplace. I have very low, almost zero, tolerance for mistakes. Whenever I see a mistake in anyone’s work, especially trivial ones, I will get very angry.
Atlassian
MARCH 17, 2022
Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Every year, Atlassian hosts Team Tour: Government as an interactive way to connect government peers and technologists. This year’s virtual event was no different, presenting an opportunity to explore solutions, tools, and practices to tackle some of the toughest transformations and remote work challenges.
Success
MARCH 17, 2022
There’s a saying that “time is the only non-renewable resource,” and its central warning, that life is short, came into sharp relief as the pandemic dragged on last year. Weeks began to blend together. Often, the clock ran out before I could finish everything I had planned for a particular day. I noticed a paradox: In some ways, time seemed to slog on with punishing monotony.
Bonnie Low-Kramen
MARCH 16, 2022
Highlight & Shine on LinkedIn with expert Lindsay Robinson on Heads Together, Wed Mar 16, 3-4PM ET. How lucky we are to learn from an EA with 24 years of experience who is not only a passionate advocate for the profession but also happens to work at LinkedIn! The post Ep 79. Lindsay Robinson on Heads Together with Bonnie Low-Kramen – 3/16/22 appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.
Productivityist
MARCH 16, 2022
I love the concept of being “not almost there.” It carries a sense of never-ending progress and improvement, knowing that it’s important to strive for what you need and want because you’re not almost there yet. But I wasn’t sure if my interpretation is what Joe Chura means with Not Almost There. Joe is an entrepreneur, inventor, and investor philanthropist.
Ruby
MARCH 15, 2022
When life gets turned upside down, it often presents an opportunity to reframe our thinking or establish new (and maybe, better) habits around some of our business practices. So let’s talk about the changing classroom: while learners of all ages are going back to school in person, when it comes to work, remote training is here to stay. We think that’s a great opportunity to improve your approach to training⎯ensuring that you own your business , instead of your business owning you.
Success
MARCH 14, 2022
Tom Hopkins is having another unbelievable day. Just ask him. “I tell people in sales that you can be having the worst day of your life, but no one has to know it,” says Hopkins, a sales seminar dynamo and the co-author of When Buyers Say No: Essential Strategies for Keeping a Sale Moving Forward. “When people ask you how business is, just be honest and say, ‘Unbelievable,’ and they will assume you mean it’s great.”.
Great Place to Work
MARCH 15, 2022
Research into toxic workplace culture reveals how a lack of inclusion, fairness, and purpose at work is causing employees to leave their jobs in droves. Toxic company culture is a lot like catching a nasty bug. It can spread quickly, and before you know it, everyone's feeling under the weather. Toxic vibes can race through an organization, with people picking up on bad habits and negative attitudes.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 14, 2022
This post, I might become my roommate’s boss, calling a regular lunch date an “appointment,” and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I might become my roommate’s boss. In May 2021, I graduated from a master’s program. During those three years, I worked as a graduate assistant at my college.
Ruby
MARCH 16, 2022
Starting a business is no small feat. Growing a business? Even no smaller of a feat. Few people can do it alone—and fortunately, thanks to America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network , they don’t have to. For over 40 years, the SBDC Network has helped millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners, including many in marginalized and minoritized communities, start and grow their businesses.
Success
MARCH 16, 2022
I’ve been looking forward to this episode almost as much as I was looking forward to seeing the actual movie last year. This is it—the big Dune discussion. This is a great story for everybody. It takes itself seriously, but it takes the audience seriously, too. And it was certainly one of the best movies of 2021. I can’t recommend this one enough, but even if you haven’t seen it yet, put on your space helmet, sit tight and listen.
Vantage Circle
MARCH 14, 2022
From controversial figures to popular icons, women have a lot to say. For the rest of us, it's vital to take a step back and simply listen to those women who aren't in the driver's seat of their own lives. This blog features 50 of the finest Women's History Month quotes of all time, demonstrating that women have always been vocal.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 16, 2022
This post, update: my coworker says I bullied her … should I tell her boss she needs more of a backbone? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer whose coworker said she was bullying her , and who was wondering if she should tell her boss that the coworker needed more of a backbone? Here’s the update.
Success
MARCH 14, 2022
Anyone can get lucky and win the lottery. Anyone can pick a winning stock from time to time. But if you want to achieve lasting financial success , you need more than just the occasional lucky break. What I’ve found over almost four decades of studying success is that the most successful people in any field aren’t just lucky. They have a different set of beliefs.
Success
MARCH 16, 2022
I landed my first writing gig in 2013. I had been casually blogging for about a year, so the prospect of creating content for pay was thrilling—even if it was just $30 per 500-word post. Less than two years later, I was offered my first five-figure writing assignment. The scope of the project was far greater than 500 words and it took about two weeks to complete.
Success
MARCH 17, 2022
“Money, money, money, always sunny, in the rich man’s world.” Abba gets me , that’s what you’re thinking. We all have hopes of someday finding a money tree of sorts—a limitless source of income and cushioned financial security, with Benjamins to spare. It’s a common assumption that money will solve all your problems, that it’ll buy you happiness.
Success
MARCH 15, 2022
You started your business because of a burning desire to strike out on your own. You are confident that your knowledge and experience will help your target market. You’re passionate and know you can make a difference. You face one important challenge, though: acquiring the customers you need to grow your business. And one thing you didn’t have in mind when you started your business was becoming a salesperson and a sales leader.
Success
MARCH 15, 2022
Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future. By Simon Mainwaring. Simon Mainwaring is the founder and CEO of We First, a branding agency that helps businesses define their purpose and share it with the world. We First has worked with myriad big companies, from Sony and TOMS Shoes to the XPRIZE Foundation and Virgin Unite. Mainwaring’s third book (previous titles include We First and Mark, Mutuality and Mental Health ) explores how companies should begin leading with we , or p
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