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Amid the Great Resignation, nearly 2,000 employees share why they’re leaving their jobs. Burnout, bad managers, and hybrid work are all driving factors. While this is a much discussed and sometimes divisive topic, Inc.’s Marcel Schwantes does a wonderful job of breaking down the reasoning behind why many employees are finding themselves in new and less than comfortable situations, and discussing how these situations could be averted or avoided all together.

Source: Why Are People Quitting? Burnout’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Approximately 2% of the United State’s population identifies as transgender, a very real and tangible piece of the workforce. As of 2015, a study with nearly 30,000 trans participants found that 77% of of them “hid their gender identity, quit their jobs, or took other steps to avoid mistreatment at work.” Six years later, it is long past time for our workplaces to step up their game and become more trans-inclusive. We all have to work, isn’t it time for the workplace to be healthy for all of their employees, not just some of them?

Source: What Your Company Can Do to Build a Trans-Inclusive Workplace

How To Love Your Work In 3 Easy Steps

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Monday, November 22nd, 2021

It may seem like the grass is greener in another job, but making a change is a lot of work and you may benefit more by investing in the work you already do. The “Talent Revolution” is here, but jumping ship now may not be the solution you’re hoping it will be. This Forbes article gives some excellent suggestions for how to work to improve your happiness and job satisfaction where you currently are.

Source: How To Love Your Work In 3 Easy Steps

If one broken link in your routine throws off your entire day, it’s time to shift your perspective. This Inc.com article discusses the difference between a routine and a practice and how learning the difference (and implimenting a practice, instead) can change your entire outlook on your morning, or even your life.

Source: What People With a Success Mindset Do Instead of Follow Morning Routines

How to Recruit More Women to Your Company

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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021

Only one in five C-suite executives is a woman, and women remain underrepresented at all levels.

One would think that in the year 2021, women would be equally represented in the workplace, but this is just not the case. It’s been an uphill battle for decades, and while there has been major progress in the field of women’s rights and equal opportunities, the glass ceiling is certainly still present in many, if not most of today’s workplaces. This LinkedIn article discusses study information compiled over the last several years discussing the strategies that various businesses were committed to putting into place to work on leveling the playing field and tackling gender diversity.

Source: How to Recruit More Women to Your Company

It’s no secret that the past year has been tough on everyone, but it has been especially overwhelming for health care workers on all levels. Bad behavior puts both caregivers and patients at risk more than one would think, even causing a marked rise in rates of accidental death. This Harvard Business Review article suggests six ways to focus on and work toward positive environmental change in healthcare settings for everyone involved.

Source: Frustrated Patients Are Making Health Care Workers’ Jobs Even Harder

We converse with others to learn what they know — their information, stories, preferences, ideas, thoughts, and feelings — as well as to share what we know while managing others’ perceptions of us.

[When we ask more questions, we] are perceived as higher in responsiveness, an interpersonal construct that captures listening, understanding, validation, and care.

Source: Harvard Researchers Say This Mindset Matters Most: Follow Rule of 3 Questions to Be More Likable (and Make a Better First Impression)

During the pandemic, about four in 10 adults in the U.S have reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, a share that has been largely consistent since Spring 2020. A telling poll by the American Psychological Association later in the year found that 74 percent of psychologists were seeing a greater number of patients with anxiety disorders, with 30 percent seeing more patients overall.

These effects are not just going away.

Source: The Pandemic Has Affected Your Employees’ Long-Term Mental Health. Here’s What You Need to Know

It’s easy to roll your eyes at the phrase “the Power of Kindness,” when it sounds like a catchphrase from a children’s cartoon. Fortunately for us adults out here in the working world, it’s a real thing. In this research backed article by the Harvard Business Review, three real-life benefits of the Power of Kindness (no sparkles or rainbows required, but optional!) give some great food for thought about how to handle this unstable and isolating time of remote work, social distancing and uncertainty.

Source: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Kindness at Work

We live in a society where people are obsessed with early achievement, but most of us don’t explode out of the gates right away. Here’s an interesting post from Ideas.Ted that will have you thinking about your own self-doubt in a different way:

Source: Self-doubt can help you bloom; it starts with how you talk to yourself |

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Why Are People Quitting? Burnout’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg

What Your Company Can Do to Build a Trans-Inclusive Workplace

How To Love Your Work In 3 Easy Steps

What People With a Success Mindset Do Instead of Follow Morning Routines

How to Recruit More Women to Your Company

Harvard Researchers Say This Mindset Matters Most: Follow Rule of 3 Questions to Be More Likable (and Make a Better First Impression)

The Pandemic Has Affected Your Employees’ Long-Term Mental Health. Here’s What You Need to Know

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Kindness at Work

Self-doubt can help you bloom; it starts with how you talk to yourself |