Results for : work-life balance

No Days Off: The PTO Problem During the Pandemic

If you’re like me or many of the people I know, working from home has provided a lot of benefits: no commute, working from the comfort of your own couch, snacks are more easily accessible, and the list goes on. With every list of benefits comes a list of challenges…

Strange Days: The Benefits of Pets as Coworkers

Since I’ve been working from home, I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside two furry coworkers – my dog, Klara, and my cat, Chester. They’re undoubtedly one of my favorite parts of working from home. Just being in the same room as them brightens my day. Don’t get me wrong…

Emotional Intelligence Can Be Learned

The global pandemic has tested the best of us. No matter where we work, or at what level, we’ve been asked to adapt to restrictions and changing regulations. This may have been easier at businesses with emotionally intelligent leaders at the helm. As we move forward with 2021, and aim…

Run / Walk / Run: How Giving Your Brain a Break Delivers Better Results

An experienced runner who I look up to a lot recently posted on Instagram about a training program called the “Galloway Method”—a “Run Walk Run” system that encourages runners to alternate between planned run and walk intervals, that boasts reduced muscle strain and joint stress, faster recovery time, and more…

Get Proactive: Building Your Mental Health First Aid Kit

As the strange days of COVID-19 led to a strange year and beyond -- now, we transition to calling them strange times -- it can feel hard to catch a breath. On the radio today I heard a songwriter discussing how hard it is to write an original song about an…

Generational Views on the Impact of COVID-19: A SoGoStudy

At the start of every new year, we are encouraged to pause and reflect on the past year. Reflecting on a "normal" year, you might recall a great vacation, professional accomplishments, and maybe even your success or failure in keeping the infamous ‘new year’s resolution’. But 2020 brought us so…

Solid Rules in Fluid Workspaces: Boosting Productivity while Working Remotely

Who doesn’t love working out of the comfort of their home? 2020 showed us that despite many organizations' fear about productivity suffering, many employees working from home managed to maintain or even improve their output! Even so, remote working isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. When you have no…

Go Green: Transforming the WFH Experience

2020 has been a transformational year for most of us. For many of us, this includes changes in where we work, how we work, and even how much we work. As remote working becomes the norm, research shows that a majority of employees have maintained their office productivity levels or…

Recycling Your Commute: Making The Most of Found Time

Need a pick-me-up? This quick read offers a few suggestions on how to make the most of found time while lifting your spirits. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in the US, sparrows in San Francisco have started to sing a "sexier" tune. According to a recent study of…

How to Manage Inefficiency with Remote Workers

It’s important to tackle inefficiency in any work environment. If not corrected, it can quickly lead to irreversible business difficulties. But for businesses that transitioned to remote working during lockdown, managing inefficiency brought a whole new challenge. Recent research has shown that almost 90% of workers would like to continue…

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