Is cajoling always effective?
Date Posted: April 13, 2015
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOThe study looks at a hypothetical aeroplane crash over a city. Nearly 200 professionals were split into separated rooms based on the sector that they belong to. Ie. Transport, police, etc. They were all given realistic data according to their ...
Apr 10
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOWhat do you do when you cannot figure out how to finish a tricky task at work? Or you are lost on back roads? One thing most people know to avoid for sure: asking for advice. It is inconsiderate. We do not want to bother others.
Apr 8
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOAt work can seem like the hardest place to practice mindfulness given the many demands and responsibilities we have to manage on a daily basis. Yet in the office is where we stand to really benefit from being mindful.
Apr 7
Categories: Mindfulness, Workplace Issues
GOFootball clubs merchandise laid across the desk, polaroid photos stringed at the desk pin board. The reason to bringing personal objects in the workplace is being explored.
Mar 28
Categories: Career Development and Change, Workplace Issues
GOThe latest theory about the French Alps airline crash is that it was deliberate. Every time one of these incidents occurs - and they are extremely rare - a question arises in media coverage: are airlines taking enough precautions to check the mental ...
Mar 27
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOAll of us wants to have meaningful jobs in workplaces. A job at Google would probably be one of the most sought after job. How to get hired?
Mar 20
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOThe purpose of these airport security screening interviews is to catch deceptive people. Would you be able to spot someone that is lying? What if you let a criminal through the security? Most importantly, can these few liars be caught effectively?
Mar 14
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOBetween November 2013 and May last year, migrant worker welfare group Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home) conducted a survey on 670 maids and found out that about a quarter of those surveyed could be classified as having poor ...
Mar 11
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOScience suggests a funnier workplace should be a more effective one, encouraging positive mood and a playful, open approach. But much of the evidence to date rests on theoretical argument or lab experiments. Now a new study of genuine team meetings ...
Feb 21
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
GO'Green' offices with plants make staff happier and more productive than 'lean' designs stripped of greenery, new research shows.
Feb 10
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOTodd Pedersen, chief executive of home-automation company Vivint Inc., says there's a connection between the state of his employees' relationships and their productivity levels. "When my wife's sad, I am not coming to work with a bounce in my ...
Jan 22
Categories: Relationships & Marriage, Workplace Issues
GOAn unfair, uncaring manager makes for an uncertain working life, one characterised by stress, absenteeism and poor performance. But new research suggests a silver lining: when the boss is unjust, team members come together.
Jan 19
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOBehind every successful person is a conscientious partner. So, is it true that successful people get significant help from their partners? And is the form of this quote accurate? Is it that successful men are helped by women, but not the other way ...
Jan 12
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOhave to let several staff members go. I feel awful about it, but it is part of a company-wide redundancy plan. I am not supposed to reveal these layoffs for another few weeks. But I know one person I must let go is about to go under contract for a ...
Jan 7
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOThe jobs with the highest and lowest rates of depression.
Dec 26
Categories: Depression, Workplace Issues
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