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Why I’m cautious about remote work
For all its many virtues, the remote work trend could be making light of human development in the workplace. Does it impede your...
Why your business isn’t a ‘family’
Businesses with good intentions refer to their companies as a “families” in product pages, careers pages, job descriptions and e...
Why even ‘casual’ companies should have dress codes
Companies should have dress codes to define what professionalism looks like in their workplace. Dress codes can clarify roles, c...
The limits of euphemism
As individuals it is likely that we have differing degrees of tolerance for being spoken to indirectly. And yet most of us are e...
The most popular company policies
Most employee handbooks include policies like anti-discrimination, confidentiality, code of conduct and attendance. Though those...
Holacracy after the hype: lessons for business
It has often been tough to separate Holacracy from its accompanying hype. The alternative management system, meant to distribute...
The dishonest myth of work-life balance
There are some truly bad ideas that are nonetheless born survivors. The notion of “work-life balance,” popularized in the 1980s,...
Why parental leave laws aren’t working
If we want to have a workforce in the future we need to have children. The necessity to create tomorrow’s employees means today’...
Strategies for building an inclusive workplace
An inclusive workplace makes a difference for more than half of all employees who currently hide aspects of their identity at wo...
How to foster workplace diversity
Fostering workplace diversity involves creating an environment where all employees feel valued and can thrive. This can be achie...
How to get employees to actually take vacation
A vacation? What’s that? In 2015, more than half of American workers didn’t use all of their paid vacation days. In comparison, ...
The 15 unsung heroes of the modern workplace
The modern workplace is shaped by the contributions of unsung heroes like Bob Propst, Jack Nilles, the Schnelle brothers, Kathar...