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How to keep negativity from infecting your workplace

Negativity in the workplace kills morale and, left unchecked, can spread like wildfire. It leads to lower productivity and less engagement at work, and contributes to a toxic work environment, which leads to high turnover and employee stress.

Tips for keeping generational differences from disrupting your team

With Generation Z entering the workplace, millennials already entrenched and an aging workforce of Gen X and boomers staying around, the modern office presents an alphabet soup of working styles and social norms at play. Smart managers understand the importance of staying out of hot water by success

Can chatty personalities serve as productive employees?

Chattiness at work is often seen as a distraction. However, according to new data from Prodoscore, a business intelligence solution, a chatty employee is a productive employee. While chattiness feeds some people’s preferred way of working, it is distracting or draining for others. Managers must set

Management strategies: When an employee constantly seeks your help

“Why can’t this employee leave me alone?” While some managers need to think about how to encourage direct reports to come to them for help, others deal with the opposite problem. “Needy” workers can take up a large amount of a leader’s time and test one’s patience with their unquenchable desire for

Build a pipeline to develop impactful managers

Managers are often responsible for identifying individuals who can be promoted to managerial roles. However, not everyone wants to be a manager, and people are frequently placed into managerial roles without training. Here’s how you can identify and support new managers while offering growth opportu

Plan unforgettable team-building events

Team-building events can be a hit or a miss. If you ask colleagues about their experiences with such activities, you’re bound to get mixed responses. Team-building can be fun, engaging and beneficial, but poor planning and lackluster ideas are often the downfall of what could have been extraordinary

EEOC collects record $665 million from employers

The EEOC collected a record amount of money for victims of employment discrimination, according to the agency’s Annual Performance Report for Fiscal Year 2023. The report says the EEOC took in $665 million from employers on behalf of workers, a 30% increase compared to FY 2022.

Need accountability tools? Geofencing may offer a solution

Time theft could be occurring right under your nose. What stops employees from clocking in before they reach the job site? Without a way to closely monitor time punches, you’d have no way of knowing whether they’re on location or not. That’s why geofencing time clocks have become popular in recent y

Navigating unpredictability to reduce stress and anxiety

Unpredictability is one of the most challenging elements to manage in any project. It’s impossible to eliminate all unknowns, but you can help your team remain focused on the results that matter while reducing their anxiety. Doing so, along with identifying where the unpredictability might exist, ca

6 ways to encourage employees to ask for help

Most leaders would prefer that a direct report ask for clarification or advice rather than allow a problem to get worse. For some workers, though, asking for help is easier said than done. What can managers do to reinforce to employees that they are there to help? Try these six approaches.