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Hybrid Workers Call On Employers To Increase Investment In Connectivity
This issue has forced the majority of employees to leave their office building simply to make a phone call (60%), with reports of decreased productivity (74%) and increased stress levels (72%) as a result. Most of the UK has access to strong mobile signal in their...
Bosses Are Having The Hardest Time Adjusting To Hybrid Work
Remote work may have taken off four years ago, but the evolution of hybrid work is still in its early days — and senior leaders are having the hardest time adjusting. A majority, 74%, of companies have changed their hybrid work policy more than once since 2020,...
Work Advice: My Side-Gig Client Ratted Me Out To My Boss
I work full-time for one company from home but do side work for others with no conflict of interest. A while back, a colleague from another company asked me to do some consulting for him. His company falls into the gray area that is not exactly a conflict of interest...
How Micro-Choices, Games Motivate Gig Workers
Today, the gig economy accounts for up to 12% of the global labor market. More than a third of the American workforce has engaged in some form of gig work, and more than five million drivers work for Uber alone. And while platform companies and researchers alike...
Time Boxing For Better Team Management
For leaders of people, managing conversations, processes, and goals related to performance becomes more predictable, less random, more fact-based, less emotional, and easier to understand when talked about as time-bound activities, goals, and assessments, and...
Reverse Mentoring — Unleash Innovation By Learning From Junior Team Members
Have you ever thought that the newest pair of eyes in your team could be that from which the most innovative idea will come? Indeed, I mean the young employees that you are working with. Leveraging the fresh perspectives and up-to-date knowledge of younger team...
US Jobs Report: Good & Bad News
The latest U.S. payrolls report did little to settle the debate about where the job market is headed, with ample fodder for both "soft-landing" believers and doubters over whether the Federal Reserve can tame inflation without sending millions of workers onto the...
Workplace Diversity Not Just For Pride Month
As Pride Month commences, an extensive range of Pride-themed clothing adorned with flags and rainbows will be seen in fashion retailers worldwide. The production of merchandise and demonstration of support for the LGBTQ+ community by fashion designers and retailers is...
