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Toxic Workplaces and Their Effects on Employee Engagement Toxic Workplaces and Their Effects on Employee Engagement
We've all been there; working at a job where you wake up and dread getting to the office. It could be because of any number of reasons! Maybe you don't feel heard by your boss, or your team just isn't working well together. It starts with looking at job boards after a bad week at work and eventually grows into...
Quantity vs Quality: How Productive Is Surveillance Software? Quantity vs Quality: How Productive Is Surveillance Software?
We've all dealt with or knew a manager who preferred to be more involved in and hands-on during ongoing work projects. Sometimes it can be beneficial to have someone else to work with and bounce ideas off of: other times....you kind of wish they would just let you work independently. This is not behavior exclusive to...
Small Business, Big Burnout Small Business, Big Burnout
Work, in general, can be a significant cause of stress and anxiety. Especially during the pandemic when so much was unknown about the workforce, unplanned shutdowns, and the overall future of businesses worldwide. A group who significantly felt the impact of these stressors was small businesses and even more...
Corporate Culture: Defining, creating, and sustaining it. Corporate Culture: Defining, creating, and sustaining it.
The most vital part of any company is its foundation. Company culture is something that most of us have heard of before but have experienced differently. Some companies have strong cultures that they try to keep at the forefront of the daily interactions within teams and between employees and customers. Then there are...
Is Unhappiness in Organizations Contagious Is Unhappiness in Organizations Contagious
The professional world is in the midst of a huge reshuffle. Employees are leaving and joining new organizations and companies are hiring left and right. Throughout this transitional period, people are bringing more than fresh perspectives and ideas to their new organizations. Past experiences, residual burnout, and...
Leading by Example: Why Happy Leaders Matter Leading by Example: Why Happy Leaders Matter
We’ve all experienced a sick coworker in the office or even as students having a sick peer in our class. They show up coughing and sneezing and you think “oh wow, this is going to spread like wildfire.” Sure enough, within a day or so, other coworkers or peers come down with the same symptoms. Recently, we’ve all...
Remote or Hybrid, What Works For Your Team? Remote or Hybrid, What Works For Your Team?
When the pandemic first hit and remote work started becoming more normal, everyone felt uneasy. How will this work? Will teams still operate the same? Can I still be productive at home? And above all...how long will this last? Now as the dust is beginning to settle, we have been able to answer these questions in some...