Sharing is Caring
According to an article by fortune.com, This Is the Top Reason People Quit Their Jobs—It’s Not Money, executive job board Ladders found in a survey of 16,500 members that the two most cited reasons for people leaving a role were boredom and long hours. Boredom doesn’t just happen. It progresses over time through long hours resulting in frustration and staff “switching off” because they’ve had it. When I work with executives and their teams, one of the most common things clients say is, “we used to have someone who did that, but they left.” Sometimes it isn’t until a team …
Is Your Workplace Stressed
Whilst delivering the last of several inhouse workshops for state sales teams of a national organisation on managing email and Microsoft Outlook, I asked when they thought it was acceptable to STOP responding to emails each day. Not surprisingly it triggered discussion but the response of one of the manager’s surprised me. The manager jokingly [sic] said “If it is one of mine, I expect them to answer straight away.” Whilst I assumed it was a joke as a murmur of chuckles resonated through the group, I realised he was half serious! Whilst today we have 24/7 connectivity, it doesn’t …
