Self-awareness is an important trait to look for in a potential hire -- as well as a relatively rare one -- and hiring managers can check for this characteristic by asking certain questions. Meanwhile, job candidates can build self-awareness by understanding their values and work style.
Improve your company culture by creating aspirations for how you want your team to treat one another. Identify the top five words to describe your vision and write a paragraph about each of them, then have your team do the same and compare notes in one-on-one conversations, writes Dan Rockwell. "It's catastrophic when the tone of an organization happens by accident," Rockwell writes.
Employers should invest in technology platforms that identify existing employees who are best suited for promotions based on their skills and preferences, writes Leo Goncalves, vice president of Workforce Solutions at the University of Phoenix. These tools increase objectivity and transparency, but leaders should encourage people to seek promotions, help department managers understand the drawbacks of guarding talented employees and focus on skills development, Goncalves writes.
Prospective college attendees are disillusioned with higher education, researchers and educators say, and the dip in college enrollment from 2018 to 2022 was 8%, the greatest drop ever recorded by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The trend could have a highly detrimental effect on the economy and exacerbate labor shortages in fields such as health care and information technology. "It's quite a dangerous proposition for the strength of our national economy," says Georgetown researcher Zack Mabel.
Leaders and employees have been swapping off who has the "upper hand" in workplace power dynamics, but Julie Winkle Giulioni outlines four ways that bosses and labor can "join hands" and work together including creating a culture where employees feel valued, engaged and have chances for professional development. "And when these needs are met, the struggle for the hand fades away," Winkle Giulioni writes.
Disrupted sleep rhythms due to the twice-yearly time change can throw off a person's rest patterns for days, leading to accumulated sleep loss, and a higher risk of stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, accident, injury and mental health issues may be seen as well. To lessen the effects of the change, exercise regularly, get seven to nine hours of rest a night, go to bed earlier the week before, try an earlier wake time with exposure to bright light, do relaxing activities the evening before, eat a protein-heavy breakfast and limit caffeine and alcohol.
Construction has begun on what officials say will be a "sustainable forest city" to replace Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, which is plagued with pollution and sinking into the Java Sea. Authorities say the new city is being developed with a focus on sustainability, with green spaces and buildings, food production, renewable power and smart waste management. "We have to think beyond what is happening today and try to tackle (things) that are futuristic," says Bambang Susantono, who chairs a government agency tasked with managing and governing the new city, named Nusantara.
