My take away from reading about a recent APA survey, is that there’s good news, and bad news. First, the good news I found in the article: Roughly half of American workers say they are comfortable talking about their mental health in the workplace Younger workers are much more likely to feel they can discuss…
There’s a bunch of interesting stuff in the article about using apps and other tools to make sure you are communicating with remote workers. That is one of the biggest challenges when you are a remote worker, staying connected to what is going on around the company. Newsletters, conference calls, intranets, etc. can make a…
I think this might apply to much of Silicon Valley, but is there a little bit of this within law firms as well? “What characterizes corporate cult is the degree of control management exercises over employees’ thinking and behavior. This starts with recruitment, where employees are screened for their “fit.” Once in, they then see…
Are you prepared to have over half of your employees leave? “A survey by Mental Health America polled the attitudes of 17,000 employees across 19 U.S. industries. They found that 70% of the current workforce is searching for other jobs, and roughly 50% are checked out. Among the reasons are excessive overtime hours, a workplace…
Apparently, it’s a never ending problem. Offices got phones so people could communicate, but too many people spent too much time on the phone. Then it was email, then it was the open office, now it’s Slack, Teams, etc. ““By lowering the barrier to initiate communication, the hidden side effect is that Slack has the…
I haven’t reached this level, but that’s probably because my Bluetooth headphones are actual headphones, not earbuds, but I can see the appeal. “Unlike their tethered forebears, Bluetooth wireless headphones are convenient because they allow workers to forget they’re wearing a device and to leave their desk without yanking their laptop onto the floor. In…