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Quiet quitting, or the phenomenon of employees disengaging from their jobs by performing just enough to avoid being fired, is a growing concern for many organizations – and especially leaders.
The image of a good manager is constantly changing, but the past three years in particular have completely turned established management styles upside down. New work structures and forms as well as new technologies and communication tools require adaptation, both of the entire team and of the leader. Studies show that in the first quarter of 2022, worker productivity fell by 7.5% – the sharpest drop in 75 years. The diagnosis? consequences of bad leadership.
Just a mere three years ago in January 2020, only 50% of this training was done online. Fast forward to three months later, and the proportion was 100% (thanks, lockdown in a global pandemic). If online delivery is now the expected benchmark, we need to ask: exactly how good is it? And from whose perspective? What does success look like for the organization and the learner?
2022 has been the year of The Great Departure from companies. Whether jumping ship or being pushed, offboarding is yet another event in the organizational lifecycle that HR handles. Here you can find a personal account and some tips for handling the good, the bad, and the ugly kinds of offboarding with grace.
The term positive leadership was originally born from the results of various studies on brain research and positive psychology. Accordingly, purposeful, and positive actions should increase positive emotions in the team and lead to an excellent performance.
Caring at lot takes its toll on HR professionals. Compassion fatigue is a real and debilitating stress response that impacts all areas of life. But who cares about the people who care about our people? Read on for a personal account and some tips to combat compassion fatigue.
In these times of constant distraction, monotasking might be the answer you need. More mindfulness in the workplace ensures that full concentration is dedicated to a project for maximum success. Crucially, without the numerous distractions of everyday life and with full focus on the actual task in hand.
As two of the leading tech companies seem to have vastly different visions of the future of work, HR and L&D professionals might be left feeling confused. Will a game of Solitaire really improve team spirit? Or is this just another unnecessary distraction in a time of digital fatigue?