Report: Distractions are workplace productivity killers
A recent study found that 36 percent of millennials and Gen Z workers spend two or more hours per workday staring at their phones.
A recent study found that 36 percent of millennials and Gen Z workers spend two or more hours per workday staring at their phones.
Despite the trepidation of many top execs, employees working remotely are more engaged and productive. The technologies are already in place, so use them. Here are four tips to get started.
Hint: Humans must be involved!
Unwanted hugs, gossip, coffee breath, lunch theft, jargon, toenail clippings, nepotism, whining and office oversharing top the list of behaviors that grind communicators’ gears.
Short message service (SMS) missives exceed email’s success in terms of open and response rates—and, increasingly customer, preference—yet companies have been slow to make the switch.
Will instant messaging become the primary source of employee communication by 2020?
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Organizations seem aware of trends, but many are opting not to invest in, integrate and standardize emerging communications platforms.
Organizations seem aware of trends, but many are opting not to invest in, integrate and standardize emerging communications platforms.
Technology has made telecommuting increasingly common for businesses large and small. Human interaction and collaboration needn’t suffer, though. Try these approaches.
A veteran HR exec was stunned to read the New York Times piece about life inside the behemoth online retailer, a depiction that founder Jeff Bezos denied. But does the model appeal to some?
Each of these might seem like ‘no big deal,’ but any one action (much less several combined) could be grounds for dismissal. Don’t trash your career over a careless tweet or a stapler.
Contrary to popular belief, millennials’ career goals and expectations don’t differ much from their Generation X and Baby Boomer colleagues, a new study from IBM reports.
Contrary to popular belief, millennials’ career goals and expectations don’t differ much from their Generation X and Baby Boomer colleagues, a new study from IBM reports.
Enterprise social networks such as Yammer can save time and promote collaboration, but organizations’ cultures too often ignore messaging, leaving choices in the hands of individual employees.