Deloitte has been running its Global Gen Z and Millennial Survey for fifteen years now, and if you manage a team that includes younger workers, it’s one of the more useful reads you’ll come across. The latest results are out, and as with most years, the picture is a little complicated. The headline numbers look […]
Category: Work Culture
What the Best Companies to Work for All have in Common
Every year, Fortune and Great Place To Work release their list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, and every year, the business world pays attention. The 2026 list is out now, and it’s got the usual suspects near the top: Hilton, Cisco, American Express, NVIDIA, names that have been doing this well for […]
Stress is eating your team
April is National Stress Awareness Month, and it serves as a timely reminder that we need to look closer at our workplace culture. Just about everyone has heard horror stories about how stressed the American worker is. If you’re a business owner, perhaps you believe that your employees are exempt. That stress doesn’t impact them […]
Managers, Do This to Build Your Social Capital
It’s finally happening. We’ve officially become so efficient with our technology that we’ve forgotten how to actually talk to, appreciate and acknowledge each other. Think about it: when was the last time you reached out to a colleague just to check in? If you’re like most of us, you probably only ping someone when you […]
Employees love a “Third Place” – Why you should create one at your office
Look, we’ve all seen it. You’ve got a nice office, but even when people show up, the place feels empty. Everyone has their headphones on, staring at a screen, just waiting for the clock to hit 5:00 so they can bail. We spent a lot of money on tech so people could work from home, […]
Employee Appreciation: Is One Day Really Enough to Say “Thank You”?
It’s hard to believe, but National Employee Appreciation Day is coming up on Friday, March 6th. If you’re like most managers or HR reps, you might be thinking about ordering a few pizzas or sending out a department-wide email. But let me ask you this: when was the last time a slice of pepperoni made […]
The Rise of Micro-Mentoring
If you’ve been watching younger employees struggle to get their footing, you’re not imagining it. Remote and hybrid work have changed how people learn on the job. The learning and answers exist, but they’re buried in everyday work, calendars, and Zoom meetings. Traditional mentorship with formal meetings still matter. But waiting weeks or months for […]
What 2026 Workplace Culture Is Really Going to Look Like
If you think workplace culture is going to look the same a year from now, it’s probably time to rethink that. What’s coming isn’t a slow, polite shift. It’s a pretty fundamental reset driven by new expectations, better technology, and a growing refusal to tolerate work that feels needlessly rigid or outdated. The signals are […]
The Rise of “Job Hugging”
Every few years, a new workplace trend tries to capture the collective mood of employees. We had the Great Resignation. Then Rage Applying. Quiet Quitting. Quiet Vacationing. And the latest buzz word shaping the headlines? Job Hugging. Job Hugging describes employees who cling to jobs they don’t love. Not because they’re happy. Not because they […]
Productivity Stays Strong When Teams Feel Trusted
It’s official, working from home still works. When the Covid pandemic began, businesses didn’t really have a choice. They either let their employees work from home or they closed their doors for good. Naturally, most businesses chose that first option and surprisingly, things worked out really well. Eventually though, the pandemic ended and there was […]