Design your work relationships to handle workplace conflict | Simple mindset shift will boost productivity and happiness | How to prepare for a tricky conversation
Design your work relationships to handle workplace conflict The first step in handling workplace conflict is being proactive by designing the relationship and setting boundaries, writes career coach Hallie Crawford. Set rules for communication and meetings and determine how disagreements will be handled. U.S. News & World Report (1/22)Simple mindset shift will boost productivity and happiness Expressing gratitude on a consistent basis has been shown to boost energy, alertness, happiness and enthusiasm, writes life coach Danielle Brooker. Studies have shown a 50% increase in productivity in workers who practice gratitude, she adds. Forbes (1/22)
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The Employee Benefit Research Institute found single women are more likely to have retirement saving deficits when compared with single men, widows and widowers. Single women were also more likely to have a much larger deficit than the other groups, especially if they lacked access to a defined-contribution plan, the report said. ThinkAdvisor (free registration) (1/18)
Your Next Challenge
Don't rely on your digital self to get a job Face-to-face meetings and connections are key in securing employment rather than solely focusing on social media, LinkedIn and your digital profiles, headhunter Nick Corcodilos writes. While online reputation is important, it's tough to get a job based solely on digital encounters with an employer, especially if your social media has been tainted in the past, he adds. PBS (1/22)How to get the most out of an informational interview For an informal meeting with a potential employer, bring a copy of your resume, cover letter and notepad, and dress casually but nice, writes Zulie Rane. Allow the conversation to flow into what the culture is like at the company to see if it's a place that fits your values and expectations. Medium (tiered subscription model) (1/21)
Balancing Yourself
UK company might become one of largest to switch to 4-day workweek The Wellcome Trust is considering allowing its staff to move to a four-day workweek without any loss in pay in an effort to increase productivity and happiness, a move that would make it one of the bigger companies to try a four-day workweek model. A finding of shorter workweeks is the effect on the gender pay gap, as studies have show it to narrow the gap noticeably. Quartz (1/22)
The goal of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test project is to see if humans could protect themselves from asteroids heading toward Earth. NASA will team up with the European Space Agency to redirect a small asteroid in October 2022 with the kinetic impactor technique -- hitting it out of orbit with a spacecraft. Business Insider (1/22)
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