NPR recently published a piece on a growing phenomenon that disturbs this millennial: helicopter parents interfering in the workplace. These well-meaning parents assist in their child's job search by submitting resumes or calling human resources departments to negotiate a better salary. Michigan State University researchers found that, of...
Would you reapply every few years for your job? That's what the Revel casino employee policy will require when it opens later this year. Front-line employees at the Atlantic City resort will essentially have term limits between four and six years; after their term ends, they must apply...
Harley Finkelstein, the chief platform officer at Shopify, has a new article in Fast Company that shares insights into the benefits of a workplace that functions as a meritocracy. Such a workplace doesn't place any sort of premium on employees with tenure, rank or an impressive resume --...
Workplace loneliness can drastically reduce employee productivity, according to new research out of my alma mater. Management professor Sigal G. Barsade of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and associate business professor Hakan Ozcelik of California State University, Sacramento studied over 650 workers and found that loneliness hampered...
These proven ways to reclaim work-life balance will help you shut off the firehose of work email and after-hours phone calls once and for all. We've all encountered managers or coworkers who can't leave work at work, and it's tempting to let that behavior...
Yesterday, I shared compensation-centric highlights from this week's #HRBookChat Twitter book chat, which featured Daniel Pink; today's follow-up post focuses on Pink's tips to institute a results-only work environment. A ROWE office initiative, as the name indicates, focuses on results rather than a place...
