Len AprilOctober 25, 2015 The placebo effect as a talent development and communications strategy The placebo response is a well-researched and fascinating medical phenomenon in which a fake treatment can sometimes improve a patient’s physical condition through a sort of psychosomatic reaction. In other words, by introducing an inactive substance such as sugar, saline solution … Continue reading What Drives the Most Driven Workers? Real Purpose, Placebo or Both?
More than 3.3 million Americans work from home at least half the time, not counting those who are self-employed, according to the latest figures from American Community Survey data. Many more—an estimated 25 million—work at home at least occasionally. While technology and changing workplace policies have granted employees more flexibility, it has also made them … Continue reading Leading From A Distance: Practical Tips for Engaging Remote Workers
Lucinda WatrousMarch 15, 2015 With more than 3.3 million people in the United States working from home at least half the time, collaboration tools are becoming an essential part of the formula for business success. Many tools are available to help your business bring remote workers to a “virtual office” to ensure everyone works efficiently … Continue reading 5 Tools for Wrangling Remote Workers
Courtney HuntMarch 7, 2015 As the Digital Era continues to progress, social and digital technologies will become more fully integrated into not just the work we do, but how we do it. Although external applications such as marketing, sales, and customer service have dominated adoption activities and discussions to date (particularly in the context of … Continue reading We’re All Becoming Tech Workers… And We Need to Be Ready
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In recent years, there has been a swift shift towards messaging as the preferred mode of communication, with the number of phone calls steadily declining and discontent with email growing. As cited in a previous blog post, Americans aged 18-29 send and receive an average of almost 88 texts a day, compared to just 17 … Continue reading Why Messaging has Completely Surpassed Calling in the Preferences of Workers
