Tag: workplace

October 14, 2019

Perhaps you have heard the term “microaggressions.” I recently spoke with Tania Luna, Co-CEO of LifeLabs Learning, about them, their effect on employees and organizations, and how they can be identified. We also spoke about how they can be addressed […]

September 30, 2019

From the instant I first saw the hashtag #MeToo on Twitter, I had a sense that my professional life might get busy to a degree I had never experienced. I am an employment lawyer who has spent the better part […]

September 20, 2019

I did a candidate interview for an open position recently — during vacation on the beach. Go ahead and fire up the comments about how my priorities are out of whack. About how I need to take care of myself. […]

September 19, 2019

To attract talent in today’s hypercompetitive market, make sure to communicate all the ways a job can meet the needs of sought-after applicants. Gartner research shows that more than half of HR leaders say they’re having more trouble today attracting […]

September 18, 2019

Ageism is conscious and unconscious prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination against people solely based on their age. Although the term is not new—it was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler—its effects are being felt in the workplace more strongly today […]

September 13, 2019

Employee engagement inside the workplace is one of the hottest topics in HR and learning and development (L&D) these days because engaged employees save their organizations money, as well as earn them more money. Yet according to one Gallup poll, […]

September 6, 2019

Casual Fridays at work have been around for decades, but recent trends are moving toward more casual attire in the workplace every day. This trend has been greatly influenced by tech companies and the growing use of remote work. Let’s […]

August 23, 2019

If new candidates come into your workplace and see how unhappy your current staff is, they’ll decline your job offer in a heartbeat, finds new research from Hibob—a people management platform. Even in a tight labor market, a high salary […]

August 16, 2019

They’re showing up in e-mail signatures and personal introductions—a quick listing of pronouns such as she/her/hers or they/them. Those small words sprinkled in conversation and written communication to take the place of the seemingly more important nouns is gaining in […]

August 13, 2019

In the Johnny Depp movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket’s father works in a toothpaste factory but is quickly replaced by robots that can do his job—screwing toothpaste caps onto tubes of toothpaste—at a fraction of the speed. […]