Originally posted on September 25, 2023 | By: John Hackston Teams are important, often essential. Are you a member of one or more teams at work? If you answered “no,” then you are in the minority compared to most workers. In recent research by the careers site Zippia, more than 50 percent of workers in… View Article
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Originally posted on May 22, 2023 | By Rich Thompson Workplace change can elicit negative emotions, and employees often feel apprehensive about potential outcomes. This challenge becomes even more intricate when we consider the rise of the hybrid work environment. However, with an understanding of psychology and personality differences, you can equip individuals working in a… View Article
Originally posted on 8 May 2023 | By Marta Koonz After the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped the workplace, remote work is here to stay, even with the world slowly going back to normal. One in three people is currently a fully remote worker, according to a survey by The Myers-Briggs Company. Also, more than half of the surveyed… View Article
Originally posted on May 2023 | By John Hackston According to the comics I read as a child, by 2023 we should have been having vacations on Mars, and communicating by television. Well, some of that technology is here and part of our everyday lives, but some is most definitely still science fiction. Read the… View Article
Originally posted on 1 May 2023 Here’s a quick quiz. When you are talking to a salesperson, what works for you, and what doesn’t? Specifically, when someone is trying to influence you, which of the following approaches would be the least effective? Idealistic, using emotive arguments with little relevance to real life Detached, impersonal and with a… View Article
Originally posted on 26 April 2023 | By John Hackston If you’re stuck in a job you hate, it’s usually easy to think of the reason why you hate it (or several reasons). Your manager is never satisfied, the job isn’t what you thought it would to be, the pay is poor and not getting better, your co-workers… View Article
Originally posted on 26 April 2023 | By John Hackston If you’re stuck in a job you hate, it’s usually easy to think of the reason why you hate it (or several reasons). Your manager is never satisfied, the job isn’t what you thought it would to be, the pay is poor and not getting better, your co-workers… View Article
Originally published on 24 April 2023 | By Lisa Baker With research showing that the number of jobs offering flexibility between remote, hybrid and on-site work has increased 8.6-fold, organizations have had to reassess their approach to managing a mix of remote, hybrid, and on-site work arrangements. Furthermore, Microsoft‘s research highlights just how dynamic the modern work… View Article
Originally posted on 19 April 2023 | By Sangeeta Kocharekar Personality types can best be understood by comparing them to being left-handed or right-handed. If you’re right-handed, but have to write with your left hand, while you’ll probably be able to do so, it’ll feel odd and take more effort, not to mention the end result might… View Article
Originally posted on 18 April 2023 | By John Hackston We may or may not be heading for an economic downturn this year, but we certainly are seeing a slew of layoffs. The technology industry has been most heavily affected, with more than 224,000 jobs eliminated since the start of 2022. Although many small companies are affected, we’re also seeing… View Article