Posts Tagged ‘HR’
Quiet Quitting. Yes, it’s a thing. – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Quiet quitting isn’t really about quitting, it’s about burnout” – Anonymous A recent Gallup poll reports that 50% of the U.S. workforce is “quiet quitting”. Although the term “quiet quitting” is new in the HR lexicon, the act of quieting, mentally withdrawing from the job is not. Disengaged employees have…
Read MoreGender stereotyping and leadership. Why it matters – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL Publisher’s Note: This Wednesday is International Women’s Day – we republish this popular post by Mary addressing gender stereotyping and leadership in the workplace. “Any society that fails to harness the energy of its women is at a huge disadvantage in the modern world” Tian Wei What happens when, for…
Read MoreHow Title VII protects employees. What employers need to know – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “We call upon all communities to be tolerant—to reject prejudice based on cast, creed, sect, religion, or gender. To ensure freedom and equality for women so that they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” -Malala Yousafzai With employers scrambling to fill vacancies everywhere…
Read MoreWhy People Should Love Their Work – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “To attract and retain the best people, we must redesign jobs around a simple but powerful concept: for the love of the content of the work itself”. – Marcus Buckingham, HBR It may sound counterintuitive, but recent research has shown that we need to love our work. In fact, the…
Read MoreWhen Uber was Uber appalling – Mary T. O’Sullivan
by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “We’re in a political campaign, and the candidate is Uber, and the opponent is an @$$hole named Taxi.” -Travis Kalanick, former Uber CEO What happen when a highly charged, enthusiastic leader transports his frat boy culture, or “Bro” culture to the Silicon Valley boardroom? As long as the company…
Read MoreOur crisis of care – bills would set competitive rates for all human service workers – Gina Macris
by Gina Macris, Developmental Disabilities News, contributor Bills Would Set Competitive Rates For All RI Human Service Workers Christina Battista, a supported employment coordinator for Skills For Rhode Island’s Future, says she never would have been able to earn a master’s degree or hold a job if it weren’t for a personal care assistant. “Someone…
Read MoreI Know a Guy: Legal Challenges from Bad Hiring Practices – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Hiring is the most important people function you have, and most of us aren’t as good at it as we think.” – Laszlo Bock If you’re familiar with the adage, “I know a guy”, you might also know that a lot of local hiring practices are based on “who you…
Read MoreWhat Happens When We Violate the Rules? – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge.” – Benjamin Franklin Organizations can get themselves into trouble and create legal exposure when they flaunt common sense and the rules and ignore laws designed to protect employees and employers alike. I came across and interesting case study which can be…
Read MoreFeeling Anxious Returning to Work? – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” – Sun Tzu With vaccinations becoming more available and COVID-19 cases declining, more employers are opening up their doors. While this is a great change for business owners and companies, employees may still feel some trepidation about returning to work and giving…
Read MoreHow to Beat Micromanaging – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” – Steve Jobs It’s hard enough to maintain employee motivation in any work environment, stressful or not. But when you, as the leader,…
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