Empowering HR Leaders: Advocating for Change in the Workplace
Empowering HR Leaders: Advocating for Change in the Workplace
Colleen McCreary’s recent LinkedIn post caught my attention. It highlighted a recent quote from Jennifer Aniston where she succinctly captured the essence of a pervasive challenge that many individuals, particularly women, face in the professional world: the struggle to assertively ask for what they want and deserve.
Aniston stated, "There was a time in my world, my career, where I realized it's not being aggressive or combative or bitchy or emotional to stand up for what you deserve and what you want. It's a tough muscle to build. And also be loved and respected. It's hard to achieve."
Tips for Holiday Self-Care
Well, here we are, just a few short weeks before we wrap up the end of 2021. I know this time of year can be incredibly hectic and stressful, especially for HR Leaders.
Resist the Workcation
What’s the downside to not ever being able to ever fully disconnect from work? It’s bigger than you might think. Rates of employee burnout have skyrocketed over the past year and there’s no sign of things letting up. Rest is essential for optimal function. Learn some do’s and don’ts to set yourself up for a proper break this summer!
Building Resilience for You and Your Team
Burnout won’t go away once the pandemic is gone, so we must all learn ways to boost our resilience for the long-run. And for those leaders among us who are used to powering through and rarely, if ever, taking the time to refill our tanks, we need to shift our mindset. We need to recognize these tips as ways of making ourselves a more efficient leader by putting our own wellness first and adopt a “do no harm” mentality towards our team.
Increasing your resilience takes time and intentionality. There are four core components—connection, wellness, healthy thinking, and meaning.
5 Keys to Retaining Women in the Workforce
The statistics are sobering. In September 2020, 865,000 adult women dropped out of the workforce, more than 4 times the number of men, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. One-quarter of all women are considering leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers, according to a joint study by McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.org. If we want a diverse work environment, we need to start thinking differently about how we get work done and all the institutions that support our work.
Building Emotional Resilience to Avoid Burnout
There are many factors that affect an individual’s natural propensity for resilience, some we have control over and others we do not. So, with burnout skyrocketing across organizations, how can we build our resilience, specifically our emotional resilience, to prepare for 2021 and the undoubtedly long road ahead?
Combat Virtual Meeting Madness
Now that many of us have just passed the six-month mark of 100% remote working, we’re all feeling fatigued by the bleeding of our work into our home lives, with little to no transition between the two. Attending back-to-back virtual meetings every day adds to the drain, leaving us feeling exhausted and burnt out. Zoom fatigue is very real!
Remote Working From Anywhere Sound Great? 6 Things to Consider Before Making a Move
Before you pack up your family and belongings and book your one-way ticket to Bermuda (or whatever new town you want to now call home), there are a few things you will want to think over and know before you take the leap.
How To Keep Sane While Working From Home With Kids
Ok, let’s face it…none of us signed up for this, but here we are once again. School starts in just a few short weeks and distance learning is something us career moms will need to gear up to manage this Fall, while we continue working from home with kids (if you are lucky enough to still have a job and work remotely). It’s enough to make you want to hibernate through the rest of the year, but there is hope.
How Ready Are You to Return to Your Workplace?
Undoubtedly, preparing employees and workplaces alike for reopening offices, manufacturing, and other work facilities during a pandemic brings along with it a vast number of employee questions, fears, and concerns.
A Changed Notion of Professionalism
And what about getting to know our work colleagues on a different level? We've now had a glimpse into their daily lives, not just as co-workers, but parents, children, brothers/sisters, partners.
7 Tips for Balancing Work and Home
Balancing home and work is a constant battle, a literal tug-of-war. It seems that one suffers while the other thrives. It’s not an easy balancing act, but it can be done.
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