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There are 120,000 excess deaths per year attributed to ten workplace conditions and they cause approximately $190 billion in incremental health care costs. That makes the workplace the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. — higher than Alzheimer’s, higher than kidney disease. 1. Being unemployed sometimes
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A meta-analysis of the existing research on flexibility identified the fundamental components: * Where we work, * When we work, and * How predetermined our schedule is. These component parts lead to six distinct types of flexibility: 1. Remote: “Work from anywhere” - Remote employees keep standard office hours but are location independent.
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... any more than finding a recipe will make you a great cook. Bill Bennett reflects on the writings of Alfred North Whitehead on learning. He ends up dismissing the pursuit of "best practices" as secrets to success in favor of a culture of discovery: * Design your organization so
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Millennials want the same things from their employers that Generation X and Baby Boomers do: * Challenging, meaningful work; * Opportunities for learning, development and advancement; * Support to successfully integrate work and personal life; * Fair treatment and * Competitive compensation. And all three generations agree on the characteristics of an ideal leader: a
Business Communication
When my friend Xavier took an interest in my master's thesis --that was a few years ago ;)-- he started suggesting books and journal articles that he thought might be useful to my research. Soon thereafter I started doing the same whenever I bumped into something I thought might
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Friday 4 January 2019 is “Fat Cat” Friday. In just three working days, the UK’s top bosses make more than a typical full-time worker will earn in the entire year, according to calculations from independent think tank the High Pay Centre and the CIPD, the professional body for
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Carmine Gallo in HBR: According to molecular biologist John Medina of the University of Washington School of Medicine, the human brain craves meaning before details. When a listener doesn’t understand the overarching idea being presented in a pitch, they have a hard time digesting the information. A logline will
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Manfred Kets de Vries in HBR: 1. The strategist: leadership as a game of chess. These people are good at dealing with developments in the organization’s environment. They provide vision, strategic direction and outside-the-box thinking to create new organizational forms and generate future growth. 2. The change-
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The concept is simple. Employees no longer have personalized email addresses. Instead, each individual posts a schedule of two or three stretches of time during the day when he or she will be available for communication. During these office hours, the individual guarantees to be reachable in person, by phone,
Business Communication
Doc Searls on his blog. "I start with the light," he says. "I say 'where do we want the light?'" We wanted our light coming from the direction of our hilltop view toward San Francisco Bay. We also wanted to enjoy that light outdoors
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Nancy Adler: Extraordinary leadership is rooted in several capabilities: seeing before others see, understanding before others understand, and acting before others act. A leader’s unique perspective is an important source of creativity and competitive advantage. But the reality is that most of us live such fast-paced, frenzied lives
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James Shelley on his blog: Put the same group of people in another room. Give them pipe cleaners, Play-Doh, a stage, a guitar, and LEGO. Ask them to develop an idea. How different will the ideas be that emerge from the two different rooms? In other words: How do