Listening to Music at Work: What Is the Impact?
New research shows that listening to music at work is not only widespread, but also potentially beneficial for productivity.
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Josh Gordon: The Final Straw?
The NFL season is back, and with it comes personnel news. Are the Steelers and Antonio Brown going to smooth things over? Is Tom Brady getting along with his boss? Will Dez Bryant find work? For me, though, the most interesting move to date was New England’s trade with Cleveland to acquire the services of […]
How to Make Your Company a Destination for Female Talent
Every company has its own unique approach to attracting talent, but in my 35 years of experience, there’s one piece of advice I’ve found to be universally important: Foster an accessible culture—for everyone.
What Are Posthire Background Checks?
Most employers perform some form of background screening on prospective employees. Often, this is conducted as a condition of the job offer. The candidate proceeds through the hiring process and is made a conditional offer, and the offer proceeds if nothing negative is discovered through the screening process.
4 Technological Tools Your Employees Must Know How to Use
Research has revealed that 75% of American workers don’t believe they have access to the latest efficiency-boosting technology while simultaneously revealing that employees who believe their workplace effectively uses mobile technology and other efficiency-boosting technology are more creative, satisfied, and productive at work. And more creative, satisfied, and productive employees yield more innovative and profitable […]
Why It’s Important to Train Global Teams to Communicate with ‘Business English’
Currently, the global Business English language training market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 19.26% from 2018–2022. Clearly, as global commerce expands (thanks to innovative technologies and platforms), so does the need to have a widely accepted and uniformly used business language.
6 Additional Ways to Inspire a More Inclusive Work Space
Adding to yesterday’s post, here’s more information about how you can inspire more inclusive work spaces for your employees.
Skilled Sales Talent Is Hard to Come By, Expensive to Replace
A new study finds that keeping skilled sales talent is a struggle for many employers, and when a skilled sales rep leaves the company, it’s even more expensive to replace him or her.
3 Ways to Inspire a More Inclusive Work Space
If your organization is sincerely interested in creating an inclusive workplace for its employees and stakeholders, it’s time to analyze and reevaluate your physical work spaces.
Protecting Data from Departing Employees (or Why I Love Auditing and Access Restrictions)
Countless formal and informal studies show that most employees retain at least some company data when they leave a job. The reasons vary from the benign (such as when an employee inadvertently keeps a work flash drive) to the more malicious (such as in the case of an employee’s deliberate theft of company trade secrets […]