Research shows that employees are quitting their jobs at a fast pace, with more than 4 million people leaving their positions in the US in April alone, according to the Labor Department. There are multiple reasons for this exodus, including a reckoning on how some companies have treated workers during the pandemic.
One mistake can be all it takes to damage a company or career, and your integrity may not be enough to let you brush it off easily, business consultant Sara Christensen says. Christensen, who experienced the cancel culture after briefly posting a piece of career advice on social media, shares her cautionary tale and tips.
A better alternative to multitasking is to block out time in your day for specific tasks, along with minimizing distractions, setting your intention and tackling difficult tasks first, writes Samantha Zurek. "When we block time in specific chunks to focus on finite tasks that correlate, our mind has the ability to settle in and get comfortable with the work," she writes.
"Follow your passion" is misleading career advice that prioritizes things you love doing versus doing what delivers the biggest impact at that moment, says Shiza Shahid, co-founder of the Malala Fund and cookware brand Our Place. "That ability to reinvent yourself and be resilient and entrepreneurial is so much more important than a certain career path," she says.
New graduates and young professionals can steer their career journeys more effectively by developing a comprehensive road map with their long-term goals in mind and seizing opportunity to forge and reinforce connections with others who can help, according to career coach Jill Tipograph. "The people whom you are in touch with -- either deeply or in a minor way -- can help you refine and achieve your objectives," writes Tipograph.
Studies are mixed on how commutes affect productivity and innovation, although cultivating the right mindset could help employees regardless of their commute, writes Adi Gaskell. One reminder for all managers is to remember that the post-pandemic workplace has "thousands of combinations of situations" that affect employees and how and where they excel, writes Wally Bock.
An Autonomy study that monitored 2,500 workers in Iceland who reduced their five-day, 40-hour weeks to four days totaling 35 to 36 hours found that productivity either remained the same or was boosted for the majority of employers. The study showed that the workers' well-being "dramatically increased across a range of indicators, from perceived stress and burnout, to health and work-life balance."
The first episode of "Seinfeld" aired July 5, 1989, and what better way to celebrate than by setting up a pint-size LEGO version of Jerry Seinfeld's apartment and recreating all your favorite scenes? Nothing says "Serenity Now!" like a LEGO set dedicated to the sit-com that created that catchphrase.
