As the economy takes a positive turn, a new concern is keeping employers awake at night: culture, including employee engagement and retention. The proof is in the data. • Eighty-six percent of companies rate work culture a top priority, a 20-percent increase from last year, according to Deloitte. • Ninety-five percent of job candidates believe culture is more […]
By Katarina Nilsson Creativity doesn’t belong to a certain group of people. We all have it inside of us, and it’s just waiting to be displayed for the world to enjoy. Are you ready to let your creativity bloom and become a natural part of your life and business? Tag along! Perhaps you’re running a […]
By Lisa Bodell Whether you’re a senior leader or a junior exec, your workday most likely revolves around meetings, emails, and reports. These activities were designed to increase efficiency, but today, they devour more than three-quarters of our workplace time. So how do we carve out space to do work that actually matters? As the […]
If you have ever grumbled, “I am never going to find a job that uses my education,” you are not alone. Forbes recently reported that half of recent graduates are either underemployed or not using their college degree at all. Meanwhile, employers are skeptical of whether recent graduates are adequately prepared for workplace success. According […]
Becki Saltzman, author of the incredibly original book Living Curiously: How to Use Curiosity to Be Remarkable and Do Good Stuff, offers up some of the freshest and highly original ideas about how to renovate your attitude and your life. One of the areas she tackles is the workplace. Here she identifies some of the worst […]
Author of I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WANT, BUT I KNOW IT’S NOT THIS. A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO FINDING GRATIFYING WORK. (http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Know-What-Step—Step/dp/0143128515/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8) Penguin Books 1. You first wrote this book in 2003, and revised it for 2016. What hasn’t changed about the workplace (or people) that there is still a need for this book? · People […]
For all the hazards that come to mind when trying to determine whether you can afford retirement, there’s one that opens an associated can of worms, the details of which are difficult to fully account – healthcare expense. It’s what financial and Medicare expert Leah Miller calls the “healthcare gap,” the period between early retirement […]
By Letha Hadady, D.Ac. Hard work, stress, and aging require a healthy heart lifestyle. These red foods protect your heart: Tomato, tart cherry, cranberry, red and purple grapes, red pears, and pomegranate cool inflammation that damages blood vessels. Cayenne peppers help reduce blood cholesterol, triglyceride levels, and platelet aggregation. Cultures where hot peppers are used […]
By Dr. Lynne Curry “Fat thighs,” Celia told me. “That’s what Dan whispered just before I stood up to speak. I heard it and so did two others. And that’s all it took to knock me off balance. I stumbled through my presentation. All I could think of was maybe I shouldn’t have worn a […]
By: Jessica Chen, Project Executive at Suffolk Construction After graduating from Florida International University, I began my journey in the construction industry on a condominium tower in Miami where I was tasked with measuring kitchens and bathrooms. I loved the controlled chaos, beeping equipment, people bustling around me, and the gruff yet kind field superintendent […]
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