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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

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)

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

The Science of Helping Out

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Monday, May 18th, 2020

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Now more than ever, this is something we all should be thinking about and doing. Here’s the science behind it all:

Source: The Science of Helping Out – The New York Times

In this brief article written by Celia Swanson, former executive Vice President of Walmart, she discusses her past management experience with a very toxic workplace situation that fell under the radar for her for quite some time. She outlines what went wrong and how to (as well as who can) step up and work toward resolving the situation before it may be too late.

Source: Are You Enabling a Toxic Culture Without Realizing It?

Want a Pay Raise? Don’t Do This

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Monday, July 15th, 2019

If there is one thing that makes the job hunt awkward, it’s money and how to handle the conversation of wages and salary. Fortunately, or perhaps, unfortunately, this is a shared awkwardness. While this means that we’re not alone in this struggle, it also may mean that learning to adequately market your abilities is also challenging. Here’s some advice for what to stop doing right now, and how to handle future conversations more effectively.

Source: Want a Pay Raise? Don’t Do This | Korn Ferry

While meditation, yoga, and mindfulness are great tricks to have up your sleeve, they’re not going to be the cure to your burnout. Sure, they’ll alleviate the strain for the moment in practice, but they won’t solve other issues that may require some at-work adjustment. Doctor Linda Girgis makes some great points here as she speaks about what contributes to this critical problem and what can be done about it.

Source: Meditation, yoga, and mindfulness aren’t going to solve physician burnout

When you think of someone who is engaged with their work — who has a clear sense of purpose and feels safe and confident in their role — what do you picture? Someone who works on a team, or alone? Does the person have one job, or two? How often does she work remotely, if at all? And does having a pet somehow factor in?

Marcus Buckingham, the head of People + Performance research at the ADP Research Institute, and Ashley Goodall, the senior vice president of leadership and team intelligence at Cisco, have answers to these questions. They’re based on a survey of more than 19,000 workers across the globe.

This lighthearted video discusses the composite findings of a their study.. “Barbara,” their fictitious most-engaged-worker, is built up of all of the variables that the study found to be present in the most highly engaged workers. What can we learn from this “Engagement Wonder Woman?” It may surprise you…..

Source: Video: The Most Engaged Employee in the World

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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

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

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Kindness at Work

The Science of Helping Out

Are You Enabling a Toxic Culture Without Realizing It?

Want a Pay Raise? Don’t Do This

Meditation, Yoga, and Mindfulness Aren’t Going to Solve Physician Burnout

Video: The Most Engaged Employee in the World