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07 Mar

Malls Morph to Stay Alive. Will it Work?

By Jill Christensen

As recently reported by Parija Kavilanz, a senior writer at CNN Business, as Covid restrictions ease, shopping malls are morphing into family entertainment destinations where shopping may no longer be what draws shoppers in.
Thanks to the rise in online

28 Feb

How to Lay Off a Remote Worker Gracefully

By Jill Christensen

We all know that getting fired from a job is a jarring experience for the employee, manager, and colleagues who were spared. And now we have a new wrinkle to add to the mix which can make the process even

21 Feb

How Can Millions of People Afford to Stop Working?

By Jill Christensen

People have left the workforce for many reasons in the past two years, including child care needs, layoffs, health insecurity, and personal issues that arose from the disruption caused by the pandemic. But of the people who have left and

14 Feb

Domino’s Will Pay You to Not Get Your Pizza Delivered

By Jill Christensen

Say it isn’t so. Thanks to a shortage of workers, Domino’s Pizza will tip customers $3 if they order online and choose carryout. The credit can be used on a future online carryout order.
Domino’s is hoping the promotion will help alleviate stress

07 Feb

Top Five Workplace Trends in 2022

By Jill Christensen

According to Dan Schawbel, New York Times Bestselling Author and Managing Partner of Workplace Intelligence, there are several workplace trends that will impact how we work and live for the upcoming year. Here are Schawbel’s top five:
#1: Most companies

31 Jan

The Most Important Thing a Leader Must Do Post-COVID is This

By Jill Christensen

One of the best business books I’ve ever read is Patrick Lencioni’s classic, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, which explores organizational dynamics and offers solutions to help teams perform better. In light of our new world of work, where leaders are

23 Jan

More Than Half of Workers Would Consider Quitting Before Returning to the Office

By Jill Christensen

According to pollster Morning Consult, 55 percent of American workers say they would consider leaving their job if they were asked back to the office before they felt safe.
This news has extraordinary ramifications for employers, who are already suffering

17 Jan

Want to Fix Your Hiring Woes? Hello, Four-Day Workweek

By Jill Christensen

Tech company Bolt has instituted a four-day workweek, says founder and CEO Ryan Breslow, making it one of just a handful of U.S. companies to embrace a shortened work schedule.
Based in San Francisco, Bolt conducted a three-month trial in

10 Jan

You Will Never Regret Firing Toxic Team Members

By Jill Christensen

After a crazy incident where Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL football player Antonio Brown left Sunday’s win over the New York Jets midgame and shirtless, head coach Bruce Arians told reporters that the veteran wide receiver is no longer with the team. “He is no longer

03 Jan

Entry Interviews: The Latest Attempt to Retain Great Workers

By Jill Christensen

Amid hundreds of millions of job resignations monthly worldwide, founder of Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, has advice for organizations that are struggling to retain workers. Huffington advises companies to conduct an Entry Interview to find out what matters to the candidate