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3 Ways HR Leaders Can Build a Winning Culture

September 9, 2019

Building a winning culture at work is not an easy feat. It takes more than hiring the right talent to build a company everyone wants to work for. Creating a positive work culture where everyone thrives comes d...

5 Email Etiquette Rules Everyone Should Know

Diana Coker

August 19, 2019

Featured, Trends, Workplace Culture

The average worker spends 28% of the workday reading and answering email, according to McKinsey analysis. For the average full-time worker in North America, that amounts to 105 emails per day. This means spendi...

5 Habits That Are Killing Your Work Productivity

Diana Coker

August 13, 2019

Featured, Trends, Workplace Culture

We spent years cultivating habits – some good and bad. Some of these habits are formed consciously while some, unconsciously. These are the habits are hard to break into. On the same note, some of these habits ...

Americans don’t have access to retirement plans

Diana Coker

July 19, 2019

Featured, News

We’re getting older. But that’s not the ugly, unspoken truth. For the first time, Americans as a whole aren’t saving nearly enough for retirement. According to data from Northwestern Mutual’s 2019 Planning &am...

12 Positive Affirmations for Anxiety Relief

Diana Coker

July 13, 2019

Featured, Trends, Workplace Culture

Anxiety is an excessive uneasiness and apprehension of the mind, which in most cases reflect the most horrible side of a sad situation. Hence, controlling your state of mind with positive affirmations for anxie...

135 Powerful Resume Action Verbs for Creative Positions

Diana Coker

July 11, 2019

Featured, Interviews, Strategy

It’s easy to get resume action verbs wrong. That’s probably why they’ve gotten such a bad reputation – most people dump action words to get past automated scanning tools. It’s even worse if your expertise doesn...

How to Design a Successful Employee Induction Program

Diana Coker

July 10, 2019

Featured, Leadership, Strategy

Have you ever tried to think of why a new employee would suddenly develop mixed feeling over a dream job in just a few weeks? Poor or unimpressive “employee induction” process could be the cause. The employee ...

Asian Cities Most Expensive for Expats, New Mercer Survey Finds

Diana Coker

July 8, 2019

Featured, News

Hong Kong ranks first in Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey for the second consecutive year. Eight out of the top ten costliest cities for expats are Asian cities. The survey measures the comparat...

July 4th Office Party Ideas that’ll have everyone buzzing for Weeks!

Diana Coker

July 3, 2019

Featured, Trends, Workplace Culture

With one of America’s most cherished holidays around the corner, you’re bound to need at least a couple of fun July 4th party ideas! Lucky for you, we’ve gone through the trouble of creating a July 4th party ch...

3 Tell-tale Signs of Employee Disengagement

Diana Coker

July 1, 2019

Featured, Trends, Workplace Culture

It’s important to watch out for the signs of employee disengagement so that actions can be taken to reverse the situation. Mentioned in this post are the most common and clear signs of disengaged employees. ...

How to write a Post-Interview Thank You Note

Diana Coker

June 24, 2019

Featured, Interviews, Strategy

Getting a job of your dream these days may require more than just performing exceptionally well at interviews. More than one-in-five (22%) of hiring managers in the US say they are not likely to hire candidates...

Parental Leave Policy Workplace New Dads

Parental Leave for New Dads: Companies That Boosted Their Paternity Leave

Diana Coker

June 15, 2019

Compensation, Featured, Trends

Parents in the workplace arguably give employers a hard time to manage, mostly new dads. However, some employers are putting more efforts to tackle parental leave issues squarely – more companies are improving ...

Discover the Best Way to Effectively Reach out HR Professionals

Workplace Practices: Transformation is the Key to Evolution

STUDY: People find robots as less threatening than human replacements in a job setting

A ‘Strong Travel Culture’ Pays off for Companies

Americans don’t have access to retirement plans

US Jobless Claims Fall; Single Mothers and Minorities Face Lower Barriers in Jobs Market

Asian Cities Most Expensive for Expats, New Mercer Survey Finds

Organizations Strengthening Sex-Partition in the Workplace

4 Secrets for Handling a Behavioral Interview

How to Lead by Emotional Intelligence

How to handle underperforming employees?

‘On Vacation’ Out of Office Email Message Examples

What Up or Out Policy Means to Workers

How HR Leaders Can Build More Trust with Employees

3 Ways HR Leaders Can Build a Winning Culture

3 Common Traits of Highly Toxic Coworkers

My coworker won't stop staring at me.

Coming out as transgender at work – I’m a bucket of nerves!

Using Social Media for Recruiting and Hiring

The use of AI in the Workplace will be broad and revolutionary

Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron's Chief Diversity Officer

Celebrating 10 Powerful HR Leaders

Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

Southwest Airlines’ Julie Weber on What It Means To Create a Purpose-Driven Culture

INTERVIEW: Shannon Schuyler, Chief Purpose Officer at PwC, on CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion

The Southwest Airlines HR Success Story You’ll Want To Read Today

American Express and Apple among America’s LGBT-Friendly Companies

3 Ways HR Leaders Can Build a Winning Culture

5 Email Etiquette Rules Everyone Should Know

5 Habits That Are Killing Your Work Productivity

Americans don’t have access to retirement plans

12 Positive Affirmations for Anxiety Relief

135 Powerful Resume Action Verbs for Creative Positions

How to Design a Successful Employee Induction Program

Asian Cities Most Expensive for Expats, New Mercer Survey Finds

July 4th Office Party Ideas that’ll have everyone buzzing for Weeks!

3 Tell-tale Signs of Employee Disengagement

How to write a Post-Interview Thank You Note

Parental Leave for New Dads: Companies That Boosted Their Paternity Leave

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