Your employees aren’t slackers. They’re not “quiet quitting” because they’re lazy or disenfranchised. They’re just not engaged, and there’s probably a reason for that. A recent Gallup survey found that, whatever you want to call it, more than half of the US workforce is not really feeling it at work these days. Employee engagement has been dropping since the pandemic started, and that’s [...]
The term “born leader” is a bit of a misnomer. The reality is that leaders are not born; they’re nurtured, developed, often self-taught and almost always creative. They’re held aloft by mentorship, and they learn as they grow. Perhaps you’re not in a situation where you have a mentor. Or while you like your company and your teammates, your supervisor is not someone [...]
Even while companies are downsizing and recession looms, a lot of folks are still mulling over a career change — or dropping out of the workforce altogether. The Brooking Institution reports that 4 million people are now missing from the workforce, but where have they gone? The theoretical cost of those lost wages is around $170 billion a year (potentially as high as $230 [...]
Even while a lot of companies insist their full workforces come back to the office, Fast Company reports that Fortune 500s are wasting millions of dollars on physical office space that’s not being used anymore. In a new study of thousands of workplaces, the metrics company Density found that a huge amount of office space sits empty for a lot of the day [...]
It’s December, the month when we all somehow find ourselves with less time and way more to do. Meetings can be a real drag this month. They take away from the time we could spend being productive. Of course, they serve a purpose. Or do they? Yes and no. Meetings with succinct agendas submitted in advance and well-prepared participants can be highly useful. [...]
Want to hone in on the best possible hires? Depending upon your current (or desired) culture, here are 3 specific talents you could be looking for: 
An entrepreneurial mindset — being willing to experiment and try things out, to risk and sometimes fail 
Soft skills — Mauro Porcini, chief design officer at PepsiCo, calls these “social gifts” — priceless skills such as the ability to [...]
So you have a team that gets along great. Congratulations! Also, uh oh. Turns out that a bit of healthy disagreement is actually really important in a business. After all, business breakthroughs and innovative ideas often come from friction-laden moments. Since my role as a recruiter revolves around aligning candidates with the right companies, cultures, and roles, I often find myself discussing the [...]
“Flexible work” is really important. Or so we keep hearing. But what does that mean? And who is it important to, exactly? The data can certainly confusing. One report says 60% of women and 52% of men would quit their jobs if employers do not allow some work flexibility/hybrid work arrangement. On the other hand, in a 2021 study, 67% of supervisors consider [...]
Welcome to #cybermonday - if you're choosing to participate that is. Inflation is the word on consumers' lips. For retailers? It's promotions. Newly budget-minded and cautious shoppers are being met with expanded promotions from the likes of Amazon, Walmart, and Target—and those are just the big names. The idea is to capture early holiday shopping dollars with early discounts. Essentially, we're looking at [...]
What are the long-term effects of social media? No one really knows. And a new documentary finds parents are surprisingly OK with that. The film, TikTok Boom on PBS, looks at the rise of TikTok and its social-political, cultural, and economic influences. And especially how the app impacts teens’ mental health. If you think about it, it’s been less than two decades since we’ve [...]