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We celebrate Thanksgiving in the US this week. It’s my favorite holiday of the year because of the family-and-friends gatherings, my favorite meal of the year, and the spirit of gratitude and giving without the hustle and bustle of the…
Read More Workers need gratitude year-round — not just at Thanksgiving
Today is election day in the United States. Americans regret incivility in our politics and believe that politics is a top driver of incivility at work. More than half (58 percent) of US workers believe our society is uncivil. It…
Read More Whether you support Harris or Trump, be civil at work
New research based on 15 years of studying the behavior patterns of more than a thousand job switchers at varying job levels and career stages has identified the dominant reasons why employees quit their jobs. The answer isn’t compensation and…
Perhaps you missed it, as I almost did, but it was bosses’ day last week. There were plenty of articles on what gift to give your boss, and some of my clients asked me the same question. I found this…
Large-scale layoffs have been the norm for the past three years. According to layoffs.fyi, over 141,000 employees have been laid off from 468 companies in 2024 so far, many of which are in high-tech. While layoffs sometimes provide short-term financial…
The experience job candidates have with your organization’s recruiting process can affect your employer brand, costs and even your revenue. In my book, Hack Recruiting, I disclosed that Virgin Media first learned of the revenue-damaging impact of rejected candidates when…
Read More If job applicants become pissed off, it hurts your bottom line
Company culture and workplace etiquette are evolving, according to new studies this year. But how it is evolving, and how your management team responds to these changes can affect your company culture and improve productivity and employee retention. A Harris…
Read More How a thriving workplace culture fuels productivity
If I proposed a way to raise worker productivity by 20 percent, improve worker collaboration and innovation and significantly reduce employee turnover and real estate costs (for some organizations by millions per year), would you refuse my suggestion? Apparently, Andy…
Read More Working fulltime in the office should not be the new normal
Unfortunately, many employees do not feel valued at work. As reported by Forbes, a survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees in the US found that more than half of respondents felt only somewhat valued (46.6 percent) or not valued…
Read More Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees
The cost of US health care benefits provided by employers are predicted to increase in 2025 by about five percent, after a decade of averaging three percent annually, according to the Survey on Health and Benefit Strategies for 2025 by…
Read More Increasing health care costs lead employers to seek new options
