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Shame is a powerful emotion that can be harnessed to establish social norms within a company culture, an academic paper suggests. For this reason, managers should think carefully about sources of shame or pride for employees and consider the emotions underpinning the culture in their workplace.
There are seven reasons you might need to hire a business coach, writes Keap founder Clate Mask, such as improving your strategy and finding strengths and weaknesses. "One of the most important criteria when choosing a coach is to choose someone with no financial stake in the business," Mask writes.
Remote work means that professional networking is taking place online, although face-to-face interactions still remain important. Tips to enhance your online engagement include creating a plan with specific goals and objectives, taking steps to build credibility and following up with personalized messages with new connections.
Productivity peaks for more than a quarter of Generation Z workers between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m., but the business world has been built around daytime hours, according to research. Employers should update processes, implement the right tools and trust younger employees, most of whom say they would leave a job over schedule and location flexibility.
Initial jobless claims reached 230,000 last week, a decline of 16,000 from the prior period, according to the Labor Department. The moving average of jobless claims over four weeks also decreased, reaching 236,000.
Old habits might be hard to break, but not as hard as new habits are to start. This article delves into the story of a salesperson who used a jar of paper clips to excel in his job. But the underlying lesson is that sometimes peculiar objects and strategies (or apps) can help you start - and maintain - good habits.
Blended travel is when someone tacks a bit of leisure travel onto a business trip -- or vice versa. American Airlines says blended travel, which is more lucrative for the carrier, is capturing double-digit market share from pure corporate travel. Don't tell my boss, but "blended travel" has been around for a long time. Now, it just has a name and business travelers are (apparently) more willing to admit they are doing it.
Kacie Peters, senior director of communications at Pivot Energy, outlines the basics of community solar and highlights the momentum this segment of the renewables industry is enjoying. Peters also discusses some of the challenges the sector is facing -- including 'astroturfing' -- and details how more consumers and business owners can access community solar to power their homes and/or operations.
