Lazy, hazy days of summer
What’s your favorite summer perk? In an Adecco survey, U.S. workers ranked summer flextime as their most wished-for summer perk.
9 ways to reward team members
In Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton’s book The Orange Revolution, they offer low-cost ideas for sparking or rewarding employee engagement:
ADA alert: Define essential job functions before anyone requests reasonable accommodations
Unless you’re willing to risk losing an ADA reasonable accommodations lawsuit, don’t wait to define the essential functions of your employees’ jobs.
Tips to relieve computer eye strain
Blurry vision and dry eyes are rampant, now that roughly one-third of those over age 18 spend at least five hours a day on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Tips for easing eye strain:
Reap more ideas from brain-storming sessions
Reap more ideas from brain-storming sessions by introducing a few of your own ideas and inviting participants to pick them apart. By inviting criticism, you’ll show that it’s nothing to fear.
Lessons from GSA scandal: Incentives require proper management
If we’ve learned anything from the recent GSA scandal involving a lavish Las Vegas convention and expensive gifts to employees, it’s that not every kind of incentive program is justifiable. Follow these eight steps to create an incentive program that appropriately promotes your performance goals:
‘I was a superstar at work today’
The secret weapon to boost your career could be a tool often associated with 15-year-old girls: a diary.
Spot the misspelling
Here’s a list of the 15 most common misspellings in the United States, according to SpellChecker.com, along with the correct versions:
Hourly employees: Your free time is your own
“You will have to be the one to set the boundaries,” Jan wrote to Darcy W., who was concerned about an unspoken expectation that she occasionally check in with the office outside normal hours. Lisa S., Mark, and Mere agreed that being firm about your time off–and making sure managers and HR know about all […]
How to be gracious at work
Letitia Baldrige, author and formal social secretary and chief of staff to First Lady Jackie Kennedy, offers her advice on remaining gracious in a world that sometimes forgets its manners: