Liz Malatestinic: Attitudes shift toward hiring applicants with criminal records
The practice of hiring people with criminal convictions is not a new concept, but it is gaining steam.
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Sheri Fella: Putting yourself first is not about being selfish
“Self first” is something I practice constantly and that I challenge my clients and those around me to invest in.
Mandy Haskett: Maximize talent by making it a budget priority
When we collect data to predict fit and pull that data through the lifecycle of the employee, we can better develop leaders and design teams, drive intentional culture, and produce high-engagement workplaces. This will increase your profitability. And ensuring your teams are ready, willing and able requires an investment.
Samantha Julka: Let’s establish a few workspace boundaries
People need to feel like they have their own space—at their work stations, in conference rooms and more.
Mandy Haskett: Culture is more than a buzzword in today’s workplace
Culture is made up of the traits, behaviors and actions that are encouraged and rewarded. It refers to the complicated interpersonal and organizational dynamics that might not show up in job descriptions, but that absolutely set the conditions for success, according to The Predictive Index.
Santiago Jaramillo: Finding Ikigai through engaging work
I recently learned about a Japanese concept called Ikigai, which means “reason for being.” Ikigai is the intersection of what you’re good at, what you love, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. I believe we’re succeeding if we’re living and working within the overlap of those four areas. That’s where we become our best selves and experience our profession through our purpose.
Liz Malatestinic: Employee turnover is costlier than you think
Perhaps the question isn’t whether you can afford to increase the salary of a current employee, but whether you can afford to replace that individual.
Samantha Julka: Want real answers? Talk to people
I’m a formally trained researcher specializing in qualitative research. What that means, and how the job is different from other types of researchers, fills many a book. In the following few hundred words, I’m not going to bother talking about the nuances of researchers because, well, boring. Instead, I’m going to talk about an approach […]
Kristen Cooper: What’s the collateral damage of excluding women?
Personally, I don’t support any event or conference with my money or time that doesn’t include women on panels.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Executive presence makes a difference
Remember that effective executive presence is not alluring charm or likeableness. Rather, it’s the product of temperament, competencies and skills.
IN THE WORKPLACE: When sex, politics, religion become office banter
What should managers do? Should they encourage employees to limit discussion to safe topics like movies, the weather and how much they hate potholes?
MALATESTINIC: Open work spaces: Does your company fit?
Distractions abound, and the good ideas the employer had hoped to engender through collaboration might never appear.
WORKPLACE: The merits of trading busy for something better
We use the word busy to describe how we are doing, we use it to measure our success at work, and we use it to describe our family lives.