How one-on-ones can help your team battle burnout One-on-one meetings, better meetings and better office spaces can all help "create an anti-burnout culture" when conducted correctly, writes Elisabeth Hayes, who walks through each concept. "You want to send your employees out of one-on-ones with an understanding that they have the support they need to push projects forward," Hayes writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (3/8)
About half of women who take jobs in IT leave by age 35, stressing the need for an inclusive workplace culture, per a report from Accenture and Girls Who Code. In this article, Prangya Pandab offers four ways companies can recruit more women, including addressing their salary structures. Full Story: EnterpriseTalk (3/8)
Compelling stories depend on these 3 ingredients The speed, detail and directness of storytelling will determine a narrative's success in entertainment and academic papers, with researcher Jonah Berger also suggesting business applications from the study. "As marketers, as leaders, as others, these findings really help us think about how to better lay out the content -- whether that content is a presentation, an argument, a speech -- in a way that will impact the audience," Berger says. Full Story: Knowledge@Wharton (3/7)
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Why execs, employees don't agree on the office return There is a disconnect between executives who are eager for workers to return to the office and employees who are happy with the flexible and remote work schedules they have maintained for the last two years. There are multiple theories to explain this disconnect. Full Story: CNBC (3/8)
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Tips for when an important employee decides to leave It can be difficult when valuable employees decide to quit, but there are steps you can take to manage the situation and perhaps even change their mind. Here are three strategies to consider. Full Story: Entrepreneur (3/6)
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For International Women's Day, which was Tuesday, companies were eager to pat themselves on the back on social media. But some companies in the UK were up against a formidable foe, the Gender Pay Gap Bot. Each company that tweeted about International Women's Day received a prompt response from the bot about its gender pay gap. Full Story: The Verge (3/8),Vice News (3/8)
50 Most Innovative Companies list led by Stripe Many of the top companies in Fast Company's latest 50 Most Innovative Companies list have one thing in common -- they are reshaping the economy by creating demand for carbon-removal technologies and services that foster sustainability. Stripe takes the top spot, with Microsoft, Canva and Food52 also on the list. Full Story: Fast Company (tiered subscription model) (3/8)
Johnson & Johnson's Acuvue Theravision with Ketotifen contact lenses have received FDA approval, becoming the first-available lens to administer medication to the eye. The prescription, single-use contacts contain an antihistamine to treat the itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis. Half of the medication is delivered in the first 15 minutes after a lens is applied to the eye, and the rest is released over the next five hours. Full Story: CNET (3/2)
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