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Do Your Employees Need a Digital Detox?

Posted: March 8, 2019
A few years ago, Virgin Group instituted a Digital Detox: For two hours every Wednesday morning, all e-mails were shut down. The move was designed to encourage employees to step away from the desk and spend more time communicating with colleagues in person.

Out-of-Towning It with Work Colleagues

Posted: February 21, 2019
How do you mentor employees at your company, so they have the right models in place for the best way to act in front of colleagues and customers during business trips?

Great Person—But a Toxic Boss?

Posted: February 15, 2019
“Kiss up, kick down” is a common modus operandi for managers and executives, so as smart, funny, and pleasant as a person may be with those working at the same level, or above them, that same person may be a nightmare to those working below them.

Not Everyone Is Creative

Posted: February 8, 2019
The universal use of the term, “creative,” makes it hard for organizations to recruit and nurture truly creative people. There are special skill sets that need to be valued and recruited for if you want to have a stable of true creatives—reflective, imaginative people who enjoy doing things in new ways.

Collaboration Overload?

Posted: February 1, 2019
When you have a group of people, you have more ideas, but you also have more fears and more self-interest. Collaboration needs to be counterbalanced with independent thought and idea generation.

Is “Ghosting” the Best Way to Reject Job Applicants?

Posted: January 18, 2019
As part of every manager’s training program, there should be instruction on how to both communicate rejection to potential hiring candidates, as well as how to extend a job offer. Cutting off all communication with job interviewees leaves a bad impression of your company.

What Counts as a Vacation?

Posted: January 11, 2019
With today’s skeleton staffs, many, if not most, employees are expected to finish all the work they would have done while in the office before going on vacation, which can become an enormous stressor.

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