Posts Tagged ‘workplace’
Show up with facts and data, check the emotions, in resolving workplace conflict – Mary T. O’Sullivan
Solving conflicts in the workplace by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business leadership We have times of turmoil at hand. Disagreements and disputes rule the airwaves. So, what do you think is the best way to resolve this diverging opinions and actions? When is it time to lay down the banners, flags, signs,…
Read MoreThe corporate soap opera: Drama in the workplace – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools,because they have to say something. – Plato From the time of the ancient Greeks, through the age of YouTube and Tik Tok, people love drama. Drama is not just the stuff of soap operas, movies, television and politics. Wherever you…
Read MoreTop HR Trends for 2024 – Mary T. O’Sullivan
by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business “…there’s an emerging need for HR to support change within an organization as well as enabling innovation.” – McLean & Company For many organizations, the workplace havoc created by the 2020 pandemic necessitated new thinking about how we work. HR departments in companies of all sizes bear the responsibility of satisfying…
Read MoreThe “No, No, Nos” of the Office Holiday Party – Mary T. O’Sullivan
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Read MoreAmerica’s Healthiest 100 Workplaces – 2 in Rhode Island – 4 in Massachusetts
Every year, Healthiest Employers® names the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America award, comprising regional applicants of various sizes, locations, and industries. Each company included on their list participated in the Healthiest Employers application process. The categories, scoring, and benchmarking were formed with a national, non-biased group of representatives from the academic, medical, wellness, and business…
Read MoreEnticing employees back into the office – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The reason people are not going into offices is because they got used to a lifestyle and cost structure that suits them”. Andrew Mawson, managing director Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) “I don’t understand people”, the client grumbled. “Why won’t they come back and work in the office?” This remark is a common…
Read MoreThe reality of retaliation in the workplace – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. A co-worker behaves badly, swears, shouts and calls people names. He is reported to the boss, and nothing happens. A supervisor in a non-profit harasses a direct report and obtains…
Read MoreLeading in a Cross Generational Workforce
By Mary T. Sullivan, MSOL “That which seems the height of absurdity for one generation, often becomes the height of wisdom in another” – Adlai Stevenson A generational crisis is facing all of industry in the next two decades, as about 60% of the workforce, Baby Boomers, are set to retire. Industry knows it has…
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