Thanks to telecom technologies, many employees have been able to work from home for some time. However, now, due to COVID-19, many more employees must work from home if their jobs allow it. In her comprehensive manual, Lisette Sutherland, a remote working entrepreneur, details the ins and outs of telecommuting. Writing with Kirsten Janene-Nelson, Sutherland …
What really makes a happy and healthy company culture? We all know about those companies that are supposed to be amazing places to work. You know, the ones with colourful offices, unlimited annual leave, beanbags, table football, rooftop gardens blah blah blah… But is a brightly painted office really equal to a great culture? If …
Mel Kleiman of the hiring solutions firm Humetrics has pretty much seen it all—every type of prospective hire, and every mistake that can be made by those who have jobs that need filling. In a recent webinar, his advice to managers struggling to take away the best insights from job interviews included these eye-opening nuggets:
The organizations winning in today’s CX landscape all share a key trait – an engaged workforce. This article shares four easy steps your organization can enact today to empower employees, including: How to make culture matter. How to find the game-changers. How to create relevant experiences. How to know what’s important. Read on this article …
Saving time and money and building a stronger, more efficient team are at the heart of workforce management. Implementing a system to handle this core challenge can solve a range of the most common business problems, from inaccurate timesheets to inefficient scheduling and slow sales.
In court, clear and specific documentation about an employee’s performance or behavior can mean the difference between a quick employer victory and an expensive defeat. Anyone reading your documentation should walk away knowing the who, what, where, when, how and, most important, the why behind any decisions … and that you treated the employee consistently …
Endings bring about new beginnings. Clinical psychologist Henry Cloud shares his strategies for negotiating endings in business and in life. He shows how to handle endings with skill, clarity and proper intent. Using examples from his leadership consulting experience, Cloud illuminates how businesses falter and relationships fester due to an inability to accept that a …
Real World Use Cases from Wrike Power Users. Slow revenue growth and increasing competition from major consultancies are two big challenges facing today’s creative agencies, but that’s no reason to panic. Agencies around the world are finding ways to be efficient, collaborate with clients, and effectively manage their workload to adapt to the changing competitive …
Think office ping pong, free snacks, and an open-floor plan is leading to better productivity? Think again. Wrike’s latest report debunks the myths behind workplace happiness and digs into how perks, diversity, and collaboration actually impact employee happiness and productivity. What’s in the article: Employees who are elated with their jobs are 40% more likely …
If “cluttered desk, cluttered mind” is your motto and purging your workstation of clutter is only a dream, approach it one problem at a time, starting with these seven steps: