work-life balance Archives - Jill Christensen International

05 Jun

Top 10 List for Best Work-Life Balance

By Jill Christensen

According to a new report, only one North American city is in the Top 10 List for Best Work-Life Balance. Ottawa, Canada, comes in at number seven in a sea of European and Scandinavian cities:

Oslo
Bern
Helsinki
Zurich

23 May

An Idea to Give Employees More Workplace Flexibility

By Jill Christensen

As reported by Steven Weiss – senior staff writer at Inc.com – the leadership team at Front, a customer communication software company, recently tackled an important question: How could they bring relief to employees suffering from burnout without sacrificing productivity?

28 Mar

Significant Disconnect Exposed Between Employee’s Needs and Manager’s Thoughts

By Jill Christensen

A staggering 47.4 million Americans quit their jobs last year. Employers have responded by throwing money and enhanced benefits at people, which is not a viable long-term strategy. Why? Because people are not quitting thanks to being paid unfairly. People are quitting because

23 Aug

Could You Function as a Digital Nomad?

By Jill Christensen

The term Digital Nomad refers to people who work independent of their location, mostly online and often while travelling. These people have roles where their responsibilities do not require a fixed location or office space, and they can carry out

12 Jul

The Secret to Building Wealth

By Jill Christensen

According to Inc.com: if financial success is your goal, people who build wealth answer this question the same way. “What do you enjoy more: Making money, or spending it?”
The difference between financially successful people (millionaires) and financially super successful

14 Jun

Seeking External Acceptance is Toxic to Your Health

By Jill Christensen

No. 1 ranked tennis player Naomi Osaka recently pulled out of the coveted French Open tournament a day after she was fined $15,000 for skipping the post-match news conference after her first-round victory.
Osaka wrote on Twitter that she would

07 Jun

Broken Promises Are Causing Employee to Cry Foul

By Jill Christensen

According to several professors at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, as returning to the office becomes a reality for more companies, there seems to be a disconnect between leaders and employees regarding remote work.
The professors analyzed a dataset that

10 May

No Party at Party City

By Jill Christensen

This past Saturday morning I was in Party City at 8 a.m. purchasing a cake topper for an important celebration in my life. As I approached the cash register, I heard an employee say to the manager, “Karen just walked

03 May

Jeff Bezos’ Final Advice

By Jill Christensen

Jeff Bezos recently released his final shareholder letter as CEO of Amazon. In the third quarter of 2021, Bezos will move into a new role as executive chairman of Amazon’s board. He will be replaced by Andy Jassy, CEO of Web Services, Amazon’s biggest profit

19 Apr

What Do Workers Want Most Out of Their Job and Company? This.

By Jill Christensen

Thirty-five percent of employees have changed jobs within the past three years and 91 percent of these employees left their company to do so, according to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace Report. With all of this seemingly unwanted movement,