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How will recreational marijuana affect the workplace?
Employers' main concerns include productivity, safety, and determining impairment and consequences. Crain's has more.
4 simple questions that will instantly make you more likable at work
Just like there are phrases that cause a visceral negative reaction, there are also some that’ll instantly make your coworkers smile — and improve your workplace relationships.
How to Thank Your Employees Like You Mean It in 3 Simple Steps
Muttering 'Thank you' isn't nearly enough. To effectively express gratitude, and reap the workplace benefits, this UC Berkeley neuroscientist says you have to speak from the heart.
Reduce workplace absenteeism in six steps
Not only does absenteeism affect your bottom line, it increases everyone’s workload leading to poor quality output and a sour atmosphere all round, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA). Absences occur for many reasons—burnout, stress, bullying, low morale, job hunting, etc. Whatever form absenteeism takes, it’s bad for business. But are six ways to …
These 7 Signs Will Tell You If Your Workplace is Toxic
If you're always having a case of the Mondays, then that's a clue.
Workplace Humor Doesn't Always Make You Look Smart
Humor can make an employee be perceived as confident and competent, but humor in the workplace can be a double-edge sword. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger and Tanya Rivero discuss how employees can use humor to their benefit. Photo: iStock
5 Signs You're In A Toxic Workplace
Are you having a bad week, tough month, or stressful start to the year? Or are you languishing in a truly toxic workplace? If these symptoms are apparent where you work, it's time to take action.
Workplace Violence Prevention Consulting & Training
The Workplace Violence Prevention Consulting is the main product line that offers clients an integrated suite of consulting and training support in helping organizations improve, implement and manage workplace violence prevention policy and strategy, assess and evaluate the prevention program. conduct worksite specific violence prevention assessment and train the workforce from CEO to Sweeper on aspects of workplace violence prevention and active shooter risk mitigation.
5 Ideas for Workplace Morale Boosters
Advance Staffing shares five ideas for increasing workplace morale and making productivity soar.
Marijuana use is legal. So why can employers fire people for using off-hours?
Many of us would get pretty bent out of shape if the price of an after-work IPA was a trip to the unemployment line.
Why is There So Much Negativity in the Workplace?
Complaining. Sarcasm. Cynicism. It seems like today's work environments are becoming more and more negative. Why is this? What can be done? Watch this…
3 ways to help you find meaning in a job that you hate
f you read one more article on happiness in the workplace, you’re going to lose it.
5 Surprising Ways Autumn Will Affect Your Workplace Performance
The more aware we are of how our minds and bodies change with the weather, the better we can set ourselves up for success.
What happens when marijuana comes into the workplace?
A new webinar will look at using cannabis to treat workers’ comp injuries and other employment topics related to marijuana use.
How to Recruit Millennials and Keep Them Motivated
There’s no doubt that millennials have transformed the way the traditional workplace functions. Millennial employees bring creative thinking skills and radically different attitudes towards work to…
What Work Martyrs Reveal About Employee Engagement
If your workplace is populated with too many work martyrs, there’s a good chance your employee engagement (and, ultimately, retention) levels will take a hit.
Infographic: How to Combat Unconscious Bias as an Individual
Find out how you can minimize your own unconscious bias in the workplace.
10 Strategies to Build Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Learn how to build diversity and inclusion in the workplace with these 10 top strategies.
How To Address Implicit Bias In The Workplace
Follow these actions to assist your workplace and its decision makers to change or reduce the impact of implicit bias in the workplace.
