Here are 10 critical reasons you MUST give employees a greater voice at work – and I could easily add another ten, I’m sure. If you want to create an inspiring workplace culture and drive greater employee engagement, collaboration, innovation, and productivity, then you absolutely need to look for effective ways to give employees a…
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A few years ago, the World Health Organization officially recognized the phenomenon of workplace burnout as a serious health concern. This recognition of workplace burnout has helped shift the conversation away from putting the entire onus on the individual to “fix themselves” and instead put the focus for solving workplace burnout where it most often…
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I was completely delighted by an automated email response I recently received after placing an order for deodorant. Yes, a simple ten-dollar purchase for an everyday product resulted in me telling thousands of people about my experience with this company! Why? Because their email autoresponder was SO funny! The personalized email, with the subject line…
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How Do You Add Humor and Create a More Fun Work Environment in a Highly Conservative Company? I frequently hear a similar lament from clients and audience members: “We work in a very conservative company so how can we bring more humor and fun into our workplace when it’s such a conservative environment?” My answer…
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Isn’t Sarcasm at Work Just Great? Or Am I Being Sarcastic Right Now? A friend recently threatened to buy me a t-shirt emblazoned with the following: “Zero Days Without Sarcasm” So, evidently, I can be just a wee bit sarcastic from time to time. Which is completely normal and fine when we’re chilling with our…
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I was pondering the term “quiet quitting” – the overused pandemic-induced phrase referring to how many employees, in response to shifting priorities, were doing the minimum requirements of one’s job and putting in no more time, effort, or enthusiasm than necessary. As I pondered the term (pondering by the way, is one of my favorite…
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