For the first time since 1979, the United States will have a front-row seat to a total solar eclipse stretching 70 miles wide and following a path from Oregon to South Carolina. While this event is exciting, much to many employers’ dismay, it is taking place right in the middle of the Monday workday, potentially disrupting productivity.
UPDATE: Later today, after Gen. John Kelly was sworn in as new Chief of Staff, the White House announced Anthony Scaramucci was no longer Communications Director. It seems this "scary interview" cost him is job.
Last month’s prominent resignation of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick brought corporate culture and executive scandal once more to the forefront. Despite a handful of newsworthy items, the number of scandal-ridden CEOs who have left their posts seems to be declining, according to data collected by global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
While the economy continues to add jobs at a healthy pace, it appears that more and more of those jobs are with contractors, subcontractors and outsourcing providers that handle an ever-expanding list of corporate functions, including compensation and benefits, information technology, marketing, and, in the case of one airline, reservations and baggage handling.
While the economy continues to add jobs at a healthy pace, it appears that more and more of those jobs are with contractors, subcontractors and outsourcing providers that handle an ever-expanding list of corporate functions, including compensation and benefits, information technology, marketing, and, in the case of one airline, reservations and baggage handling.
Most of the 110 million Americans expected to watch this Sunday’s Super Bowl match-up between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots will do so out of pure enjoyment of the game…and to catch the latest crop of Super Bowl ads, of course.
American adults are spending record amounts on Halloween costumes, so why not let them wear them to work, says one workplace expert, who adds that any short-term disruption to the workday will pay off in long-term gains in morale, loyalty and, yes, even productivity.
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"Some new Challenger, Gray & Christmas data suggest that more organizations are indeed warming to the concept of stay interviews.
The Chicago-based outplacement and executive coaching firm recently polled about 100 HR executives and found 27 percent of respondents saying their organizations already conduct stay interviews, with another 24 percent saying their companies plan to start doing so in the near future.
Whether it’s called the gig economy, the sharing economy or freelance nation, the way a growing number of Americans are piecing together a living is leading to a new employment landscape; one in which the concepts of work and the workplace are being entirely redefined.