What do Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen Xers and Millenials Gen Y have in common? They are all working side by side in the workplace and the need to balance the generational differences is at its greatest ever. This diversity brings many advantages, from life experience and polished expertise...
Was the New York Times trying to be funny when it published its men's fashion feature, "Shorts Crack the Code?" In our BNET piece, Five Rules of Style for the Business-Casual Workplace, San Francisco business style consultant, Anthea Tolomei, relates the story of a recent trip to...
It appears our workplace boozing post touched a few hot buttons, especially those of BNET reader, Acrebel, who is dead set against allowing any alcohol in the workplace, and who lays out a pretty tight case against it: I am utterly opposed to alcohol in the workplace, for...
Watch the AMC series "Mad Men," and you'd think that workplace boozing was key to productivity. Well, the three-martini lunch may be a thing of the past, but boozing and work still go hand-in-hand in many office cultures. From the company holiday party, to the monthly beer-bash,...
As the price of fuel continues to skyrocket, there's a workplace trend afoot to shortening workweeks to save energy. In Utah, administrative offices will be closed on Fridays while hours will be extended Monday through Thursday. Birmingham, Ala. implemented a truncated schedule for city employees on July 1, and officials...
Former White House spokesman Tony Snow succumbed last weekend to colon cancer, but his legacy of effective interpersonal interactions lives on, says Kris Dunn. Dunn says Snow inspired four lessons that can help people improve their professional approaches. 1. Be willing to put your...
The Find: Crummy jobs aren't just an American phenomenon: a new survey finds half of UK employees feel less than valued by their employer. The Source: A report -- Social Capital in the Workplace -- conducted by the Workplace Intelligence Unit WIU and forward thinking inc. ...
The newest trend in cosmetic surgery, apparently, is nipping and tucking for your job. Not content to Botox their brows into submission merely for personal primping, workplace go-getters men as well as women are turning to appearance enhancement for career advancement. No lesser an authority than His...
Have you heard of a work efficiency approach called ROWE, or Results-Only Work Environment? ROWE measures results rather than the time put in by employees and is supposed to increase both engagement and productivity. The idea is that people can basically do anything they want -- work...
We've mapped out five common millennial types you may encounter in the workplace, along with tips for keeping them happy and productive. by Jake Swearingen
Just in time (okay, a day late) for Mother's Day comes an article in the Des Moines Register dissecting a new and disturbing trend: The interference of parents in the workplace. Blogger Rebecca Thurman defended this influence, claiming that Gen Y's helicopter parents are a good thing...
We took to the streets of London, Sydney, and the original home of BNET, San Francisco, to see how our work lives are similar and different. How many hours per week do Aussies work? Do the Brits really get 6 weeks off? Is it true that Americans spend less time...
A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that job-related conflicts and issues can cause sleep problems. In fact, the study found that work conditions affected sleep patterns, instead of the other way around. "Massive changes over the past half-century have reshaped the workplace, with major...
Be honest. We're you really surprised at the revelations that State Department employees took clandestine peeks at the presidential candidate's passport files? I wasn't. I know of a department store credit office where the night shift routinely passes the time by pulling up records of famous customers....
Inspection of the various factors that affect a company worker's motivation shows that much of the productivity of an employee can be attributed to the right kind of information being disseminated regularly and in an engaging manner. But how can an organization provide employees with sufficient, relevant, timely information without...
If you want to achieve the goal you've been longing to reach. Think of ways how you can cope up with the hustle and bustle of everyday life. To start with, you should know how to build a workplace relationship that will get you the assignments you want and raises...
The New York Times ran a front-page story today about how companies are collecting massive amounts of data about what people search for on the Internet, and the pages they visit, so they can target them with specific advertisements. Yahoo alone is collecting data more than 2,500 times per month...
The concept of Emotional Intelligence EI has recently attracted a great amount of interest from HR practitioners and academics alike. Whilst the majority of research in this area has been conducted in Western countries, recent studies have begun to assess the generalisability and validity of the EI concept in cross-cultural...
Much is made of using body language to project strength and competence in the workplace, but as any FBI profiler will tell you, nonverbal cues are an indicator of larger underlying truths that shouldn't be swept under the rug. On BNET's Useful Commute on Monday, Kinsey Consulting...
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