It is finally happening. We’ve officially turned the corner on the pandemic and life is beginning to return to something close to normal. Unfortunately, the way that the past year has played out has planted a ticking bomb inside almost every company still in business. Think about it: All during the past year, while employees […]
Category: Office Life
Make Reconnecting With Employees Meaningful
At long last, the pandemic is coming to an end. Things are beginning to return to something closer to normal, which means that your employees, many, if not most of whom have been cooped up at home for months, and in some cases, for more than a year, are starting to come back to the […]
On The Job Stress And What You Can To About It
As a business owner, you’re probably under quite a lot of stress. That’s something most of us try to internalize, and it makes it somewhat more difficult to recognize and acknowledge that if we’re feeling it, then odds are good that our friends, coworkers and employees are too. The simple truth is, you’re not alone. […]
Employment Trends To Be On The Lookout For In 2021
It’s no secret that the pandemic has changed the way we work in the here and now, but a growing number of experts who have been monitoring the trends and changes expect that many of them will remain with us long after the pandemic is finally behind us. If the experts are correct, here are […]
Why You Should Treat Your Freelancers Like Your Employees
If you’re like many business owners, you may have come to rely increasingly on freelancers to take up any slack in your organization. Often, it’s more cost effective to bring a freelancer on to help you handle a temporary crunch than it is to go through the time and labor-intensive hiring process to bring on […]
The Importance Of Rituals In The (Remote) Workplace
You’ve probably got at least a few rituals in your office, or at least, you did, before the pandemic. Maybe you had an employee named Bob who brought doughnuts in for everybody and just left them in the break room, first come, first serve, or maybe you’re ‘Bob,’ and left the doughnuts there for your […]
How Giving Plants To Your Employees Can Transform Your Company
Mike Robinson and his wife run a small engineering firm in Canada that employs about twenty people. Mike handles the technical side of the business and his wife handles the people. Several years ago, his wife, Suzanne, came to him with an idea. Why not give every member of the company a plant they could […]
Build Trust and Boost Productivity in Remote Teams
It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way we work. Millions of Americans are working from home right now, with tens of millions more engaging in remote work all over the globe. There’s no end in sight to the pandemic, which means this is the new normal for the foreseeable future. […]
Coronavirus Increases Need To Appreciate Employees Working From Home
A surprisingly large percentage of companies that have some sort of recognition program in place tend to take a minimalist approach. Most often, this takes the form of recognizing an “employee of the month,” and perhaps a separate award for employee of the quarter or the year. In tandem with this, other companies will also […]
Helping Your Employees Work More Effectively From Home
If you’re like many managers and small business owners, you’ve probably got a number of employees working remotely, from home right now. That’s been a fairly common practice since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s a practice that seems likely to continue for the foreseeable future. Some employees have taken to the new […]