Six Tips for Workplace Mindfulness
In the age of obsessive multitasking, research shows that slowing down can lower employee stress, improve focus and ultimately boost the company’s bottom line.
In the age of obsessive multitasking, research shows that slowing down can lower employee stress, improve focus and ultimately boost the company’s bottom line.
With the job market as tight as it is, and set to remain so, companies can’t simply hire their way out of trouble anymore.
MIT’s Andrew McAfee, author of the bestsellers More From Less, Machine, Platform Crowd and The Second Machine Age, has a contrarian—and refreshingly optimistic—take on the intersection of management, labor and technology. It involves transparency, trust—and treating people like adults.
Chief human resource officers who embrace artificial intelligence and automation are leading the way. Here’s how they can do it well.
Start by focusing on one often overlooked population: your company’s alumni.
Sometimes it’s better not to put a hard dollar value on your employee’s worth—and a memorable experience might also have better mileage.
They’re usually an afterthought, but these check-ins on the way out can uncover a multitude of issues that are hurting retention and keeping you from hiring the best.
If you’ve been doing things the same way forever, change can be jarring—but sometimes you have to break things down to build them up better and stronger.
Exposing the rationale behind why decisions have been made can help make all employees feel like part of the team.
Some companies are hiring, some are laying off staff and others are doing both. Wherever you’re at, make sure you execute strategically.
Fun alliteration aside, it’s just a new version of the old cynicism—and CEOs should not stand for it.
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