by Brandon Laws | Aug 15, 2019 | HR for Small Business
Today, employees at all levels spend 50 percent more of our work time collaborating than we did 20 years ago. As a result, our need for supportive environments is greater than ever. For a recent episode of Transform Your Workplace, I spoke with Amy C. Edmondson,...
by Brandon Laws | Jul 15, 2019 | Leadership
We know so much more about our coworkers than we used to thanks to social media. We don’t just see vacation photos and baby announcements—we also see our peers’ engagement with news articles, which can reveal their political opinions. And identifying a stark...
by Brandon Laws | Jul 8, 2019 | Leadership
Four-day work weeks and unlimited paid time off sounds like workplace heaven. It also sounds like a recipe for attendance and productivity disasters. When I spoke with Joyce Maroney, the executive director at the Kronos Workforce Institute, I became even more...
by Suzi Wear | Jun 12, 2019 | Video
Generally, when organizations implement leadership development programs for their employees, they are hoping for changes in behavior or performance that ultimately assist the organization in reaching its goals. But when those company goals are large and multifaceted,...
by Brandon Laws | May 16, 2019 | Leadership
Wasting money sucks, and running meetings that suck wastes money. If an employee spends about an hour a day attending meetings, and that employee doesn’t get much out of those meetings, then they are wasting about ⅛ of their time, or 12% of a company’s payroll, doing...
