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Getty How’s this for irony? Slack, whose workplace messaging app has at some point prompted many employees to feel the tug of responding after hours, has a warning: People who feel obligated to work after hours also tend to be less productive. New survey data from Slack’s Workplace Lab, which queried some 10,000 desk-based employees, found that people…
Between the pandemic and the rise of generative AI, the education sector has been in a permanent state of flux over the past few years. For a time, online learning platforms were ascendant, meeting the moment when workplaces and schools alike went remote (and later, hybrid). With the public debut of ChatGPT in 2022, edtech…
Everybody knows that office politics suck. Experts agree that they decrease productivity, and in many ways, can contribute to a hostile workplace. Unfortunately, all companies have some version of them, and they come in many forms. Whether it be the deceptively harmless gossip to the more overt displays of favoritism and hostile takedowns — you can’t avoid them forever.
How’s this for irony? Slack, whose workplace messaging app has at some point prompted many employees to feel the tug of responding after hours, has a warning: People who feel obligated to work after hours also tend to be less productive. New survey data from Slack’s Workplace Lab, which queried some 10,000 desk-based employees, found that people who log off at the end of the work day reported 20% higher productivity scores than those who feel the pressure to work after hours.
Hinterhaus Productions | Getty Images Research has shown that organisations with advanced diversity and inclusion strategies are about 30% more likely to have executives who are highly loyal and in…
Employers that were fully in-office grew headcount by just 0.8%., the analysis found…getty Many bosses seem convinced that remote work is hampering productivity. But companies with remote or …
Alberto Ortega/Europa Press via Getty Images Calvin Newport and Derek Thompson discuss why the ability to perform deep, focused work is becoming rare at exactly the same time it is becoming most va…
Nicoleta Raftu/Shutterstock From friends to families, partners to politicians, trust is the fundamental glue that holds together our relationships. In the office, trust makes it easier for people t…
Anete Lusina/Pexels Saying no at work is hard, especially when you are early in your career or you are really passionate about what you do. Often there is a huge amount of guilt attached, questioni…
With people now working remotely, it’s especially relevant for organizations to take into account the needs of introverts in their evolving work environments. Keeping talent engaged and continuing …
Getty Maintaining healthy and good relationships with coworkers may help mitigate the risks of workplace burnout. If someone is experiencing extreme exhaustion, feeling down and also having a lower…
Shutterstock/fizkes Earning a living can be stressful. Whether it’s time constraints, difficult colleagues, a lack of autonomy, or an unreasonable workload, it’s hard to think of a job that doesn’t…
getty There was a time in the not-so-distant past when banking was seen as an attractive and prestigious career. Banks didn’t take just anybody, and if you were lucky enough to get in, you could sp…
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Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) We’ve all dealt with co-workers who are bad at their jobs, but very good at making their incompetence your problem—from the boss who over-promises, (only to expect you to do all of the work) to the co-worker who can’t quite do their job, (but is all too happy to pass their work off to…
Ezra Bailey (Getty Images) AI is inevitably seeping into the workplace. And while some fear the technology could replace workers, an AI industry leader says workers shouldn’t worry about the new tools replacing them — they should worry about the people who know how to use them. Almost half of C-suite level executives surveyed by Deloitte said their companies are currently training and…
Every CEO wants long-standing employees, but their ineffective leadership causes organizational stress that cripples the workplace culture. Quite often, we read articles or hear of CEOs abusing their power and tarnishing their company’s reputation. This is due to them neglecting feedback from their team and making decisions based solely on their own judgement. Not only does this erode trust, but it sets a standard that employee and leadership voices are not welcome.
While hype around the metaverse hasn't gone anywhere, there's something brewing that's actually being practically applied in companies: AR instead of VR. Although Apple's Vision Pro is at this point ludicrously expensive, there are far cheaper options that are already providing practical benefits.
getty Pregnancy can be one of the most transformative experiences in a woman’s life. But for many, a positive test also heightens anxiety about one’s career, and how others will react to the news. …
PM Images/Getty Images Physical presence doesn’t always equate to mental presence. You could be sitting at your desk but more preoccupied about a home repair than the assignment at hand, or you cou…
Heathrow airport, London, 2019. Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters Can you recall a time when your workplace was especially busy, and no one seemed to have a chance to take a breather? Even if you wer…
Being influential has its benefits. People seek out your opinion and listen to you. Your words have power. Those around you believe what you say and give weight to your input. But you don’t have to…
Adobe Stock With the rise of the gig economy and with many companies adopting flatter, more flexible organizational structures, now is the perfect time to refocus on what good leadership looks like…
Envato Elements Like so many of us, Massimo Rapparini, chief information officer at Logitech, had no choice but to learn how to work from home. “I think the biggest adjustment was, how do you reall…
Getty Images I’ve worked with hundreds of executives over the last two decades, helping them figure out how to grow and scale their businesses and build high-performance teams. And while I…
I just want to quit work and be a bartender! Sarah blurted at a workshop I was leading. We were talking about career aspirations. When we were done chuckling at her unexpected words, I asked her wh…
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