Why workplace reconfiguration is on the horizon American workplaces are due for a reconfiguration over the next year-plus as companies try to force workers back on-site and win favor through pay rather than cultural or structural changes, presidents work futurist Eric Termuende. "Those who forget to improve culture and workplace experience will see high turnover rates in the next 8-12 months because they hire people who aren't a good fit," Termuende writes. Full Story: Fast Company (tiered subscription model) (4/10)
6 tips for truly taking a day off A regular day of complete rest away from work can improve your creativity and should consist of doing "things that nurture your soul" and provide quiet time alone, says Denise Lee Yohn in this video and blog post. "Block off your calendar and don't allow any last-minute commitments or interruptions to creep into your sabbath time," Yohn says. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (4/12)
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Do you know where your employees are right now? A Topia poll reveals most HR professionals aren't sure where all their employees are physically located, which could create legal and tax problems in states or other countries where organizations aren't set up for business, says Topia co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Steve Black. "If it's on company business, you can guarantee the employee will say, 'I was there for work, and you didn't warn me about the problem,' " Black says. Full Story: Human Resources Director (4/11)
What you can learn from the Best Companies to Work For Cisco, Hilton, Wegmans, Salesforce and Nvidia have taken the top five spots, respectively, in Fortune's 2022 Best Companies to Work For ranking, which is created in partnership with Great Place to Work. One of the common traits among these companies is an emphasis on employee experience, writes Great Place to Work CEO Michael Bush, who outlines four ways employers can emulate the best. Full Story: Fortune (tiered subscription model) (4/11)
The Landscape
Remote working locations ranked Ownerly's list of the top 25 US cities for remote work prominently features small cities, the Midwest and Northeast. Meanwhile, the West Coast does not appear to be as ideal. Interestingly, just last week, Wallethub also published a similar list, and the three states Ownerly sees as the best (New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania) didn't crack the top 10. Full Story: WIBW-AM/FM (Topeka, Kan.) (4/12)
The city of Philadelphia will put its indoor face mask mandate back in place next week in light of recent COVID-19 case increases. It's the first large US city to make the move this spring, and health commissioner Cheryl Bettigole said that if Philadelphia were not to reinstate the rule, "knowing that every previous wave of infections has been followed by a wave of hospitalizations, and then a wave of deaths, then it will be too late for many of our residents." Full Story: The New York Times (4/11)
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Eating disorder specialist Carolyn Ross, M.D., writes that chronic stress and loneliness can result in burnout, contribute to health issues such as heart disease and decrease longevity, but seeking solace in food can lead to overeating, which may compound health problems. According to Ross, people can manage their stress without relying on food by practicing activities that build resilience, such as developing a network of supportive people, keeping fit physically and emotionally, striving to maintain an optimistic mindset through positive self-talk and practicing self-compassion. Full Story: Psychology Today (4/7)
The Water Cooler
A person was largely unaffected by a missing brain chunk MIT neuroscientists and other experts were confounded by a woman in her fifties who is missing her left temporal lobe but doesn't demonstrate many of the deficiencies you'd expect from someone with that neurological profile. The woman later met a different MIT neuroscientist, Evelina Fedorenko, who discovered that with the chunk of the left temporal lobe missing, the right hemisphere of her brain took over language processing tasks. Full Story: Wired (tiered subscription model) (4/12)
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