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November 9, 2016 Cait Etherington
There was nothing normal about the 2016 election, and there will be nothing normal about its aftermath. While elections always bring out employees’ differences, this election has created divides deeper than perhaps any election in living memory. As a result, today, in the wake of the election’s surprising conclusion, many HR leaders are asking, “How […]
read moreNovember 5, 2016 Cait Etherington
When most talent managers think about so-called “at-risk youth,” they are more likely to think about them in the context of a seasonal food or clothing drive or charity event than in the context of recruitment. The grim reality is that for a lot of “at-risk youth”–in the the United States, these youth are often […]
read moreNovember 5, 2016 Cait Etherington
You’ve tried transparency. You’ve tried culture. You’ve tried increasing engagement. You’ve even embraced the workplace design trend. What’s next? The Harvard Business Review recently published an article by Italian management expert, Francesca Gino, on the need to let employees rebel. That’s right–rebel. To be fair, Gino is not talking about full-on anarchy but rather a […]
read moreOctober 29, 2016 Cait Etherington
In most workplaces, employees work for organizations directly. If they don’t follow the company’s rules, they are penalized. If they continue to defy company policies, they are fired. It’s that simple. In the gig economy, things are a bit more complex. Take Airbnb as an example of one company struggling to police the actions of […]
read moreOctober 25, 2016 Cait Etherington
Halloween is just around the corner but for retailers, the need to hire Black Friday and Christmas staff is already a pressing concern. As reported in today’s Wall Street Journal, despite starting as early as August, this year many retailers are scrambling to hire holiday-season workers in a tight labor market. How many seasonable workers […]
read moreOctober 17, 2016 Cait Etherington
It is widely acknowledged that service industry jobs have the highest churn rate of any job occupation. Why? While part of the problem is the demographic (historically, many service industry jobs were held by teens and people in their early twenties), increasingly, these jobs are held by adults but still produce high churn rates, because […]
read moreOctober 11, 2016 Sherman Morrison
I’ve written about the ergonomics of sitting, standing, and everything in-between in my last two articles. While sitting may not be the new smoking as was previously claimed, and standing is not necessarily the answer, what we do know is this: It’s the overall lack of movement that’s killing us. So what can you do […]
read moreOctober 11, 2016 Sherman Morrison
My last article revealed that although the catch-phrase sitting is the new smoking is a bit exaggerated, it is true that sitting a lot over many years does have fairly serious negative consequences for your health. Standing, however, can be nearly as sedentary as sitting, and is not the panacea solution everyone wanted it to […]
read moreOctober 11, 2016 Sherman Morrison
It was back in 2013 that the phrase sitting is the new smoking was coined. It was the shorthand catch-phrase that emerged from a Harvard Business Review article titled Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation by Nilofer Merchant. Others have echoed the idea, such as Mayo Clinic cardiologist Martha Grogan who said, “For people […]
read moreOctober 11, 2016 Sherman Morrison
With ever-increasing mobility and digital connectedness in the 21st century, there are many who dream about offices just fading away entirely. Will it happen? As it stands now, most people still head into the office for the daily work routine. It hasn’t caught on nearly as quickly as everyone thought it would, but it’s interesting […]
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