Staff Morale: Booster Shots of Appreciation Needed During the Pandemic
Just as the government has offered a stimulus package, companies can consider doing the same for their employees.
What Are the Keys to a Passionate Workplace?
The rules, regulations, and directives a company imposes should serve to make employees feel safe and secure enough to explore and let their passions guide their work.
The Joys of Returning to an Empty Office
Coming back to a nearly empty office two days a week, I’ve been enjoying working in silence instead of blocking noise by listening to music on my headphones.
Should Working Independently Be Encouraged in the Age of COVID-19?
The requirements of the strange time we’re in make compulsive in-person collaboration a liability rather than an advantage. Today’s social distancing requirements provide a perfect opportunity to enhance employees’ abilities to work independently.
What Has COVID-19 Done to the Tech Workplace?
For many tech-industry employees, a highly interactive, collaborative work environment is the norm. The question is whether these interaction-based offices will ever return to exactly what they were in pre-pandemic days—and what that means for employees’ psychological well-being.
Will the Pandemic Create Office Scapegoats?
Scapegoating is group bullying, often the result of an unhealthy corporate culture. It creates a human punching bag a group uses to release pent-up anxiety and frustration.
How to Train Your Employees NOT to Be a Stressor for Co-Workers
Much has been said about respecting colleagues from the perspective of avoiding insulting, demeaning, prejudicial, harassing comments and behavior. Less has been said about how shoddy work habits can show disrespect for co-workers.
How to Talk About Racial Inequality at Work
An important part of the racial inequality conversation is becoming conscious of our own shortcomings, and finding ways to not let those shortcomings impact how we treat others.
When Your Employees Want—and Need—You to Speak Up
Many of your employees and customers have strong feelings about the recent protests and unrest following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. How is your organization responding?
How Much Comfort Can You Sacrifice for Safety?
As companies welcome employees back to the in-person workplace, safety is important, but the measures you take will be counterproductive if they are so cumbersome and unpleasant that people disregard them entirely.