One of the hottest economic topics right now is the rise of automation. Companies like iRobot have made major advances in machinery over the past few years and are starting to take the jobs that humans used to do. If …
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A reader asks: I’ve recently ascended rather quickly into a new leadership role at my company and I am struggling with communicating to those on my team such that everything is not a collaboration and debate. There are times when I …
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Once upon a time, I was a morning person. Good thing that was back in high school, when I had to be in class at 7:30AM! In all seriousness, though, mornings have become more difficult for me since having two …
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Last year, I conducted a study called “Gen Y on the Job” in partnership with PayScale.com. One of our findings was that 15 percent of Gen Y’s are already managers. In order to learn more about how young managers can …
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Thoughts of love are in the air around Valentine’s Day, but Cupid’s arrow may be absent from many workplaces this year as employees feel anything but gaga over their jobs or employers. Overloaded and overstressed from the economic downturn, many …
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One of the biggest challenges companies have today is retention. They spend a lot of money on recruiting and training their employees only to lose them and have to go through the same process again. In today’s working environment, employees …
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Each of our workplace experts has weighed in on the following question from a reader to give you four points of view. For other editions of our 360° Answers series, please click here. Here’s the question, with our experts’ responses below: …
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