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Are you as disgusted as I am with Congress?  According to a recent nationwide Gallop poll, congressional approval ratings have been hovering at a record low of a whopping 13% -18% since last August.  Put another way, 82% to 87% of respondents disapprove of the job Congress is doing.  How many traffic accidents would there […]

Rearranging workspaces may cause grumbling around the water cooler. The return on employee time and company money invested in reorganizing has long been difficult to prove. But, when Steve Jobs famously centralized bathrooms at Pixar for serendipitous interactions meant to spur innovation, it turns out he really was on to something. In “Why You Should […]

Discovering the individualized reasons people work is key to helping employers understand what will motivate employees. According to the article “What People Want from Work: Motivation” on the website The Balance, successful companies need to start with money. Paying employees fair compensation, or ideally more than fair, brings the talent in and reduces the risk […]

Technology has certainly made the workplace faster, smarter and more productive. New apps and systems continuously offer new ways to create, manage and collaborate. However, just as with many good things, workers can get too much of office tech. With each digitization of traditional job and team functions comes a cost in diminishing associated skills. […]

Becoming a parent is an extraordinary and, at times, stressful endeavor. Your life is about to fundamentally change. And as you plan the myriad dimensions of this new reality, you may be wondering how you’ll cover all the bills while you take time off work. Family leave is a complex issue and it requires a […]

Disability insurance provides critical financial protection to American workers. Yet it’s a highly misunderstood form of insurance. You probably have health insurance, home or renter’s insurance, and car insurance. But what about your need for income protection insurance? Disability insurance pays you a portion of your income when an injury or illness takes you out […]

Jessica Taylor loved hearing her grandparents tell stories from their lives and studying the histories of family members. She loved it as a hobby, but until she got to college never realized it could become both a passion and a profession. “When I first got to BYU, I was really looking for a major,” she […]

Many small-business owners mistakenly believe they cannot afford to offer benefits. But while going without benefits may boost your bottom line in the short run, the penny-wise philosophy could strangle your business’s chances for long-term prosperity. “There are certain benefits good employees feel they must have,” says Ray Silverstein, founder of PRO, President’s Resource Organization, […]

In late 2017, just before his death, news of Gary Ott’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease was finally made public. But Ott had noticed symptoms of the disease as early as 2013, and friends and employees began to notice changes in his behavior by 2015. As the illness progressed, a public battle played out over who […]

Flexible work schedules have been around for decades, at least since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking data for them in 1985. However, 2018 may be the year that the topic of workplace flexibility finally crosses into mainstream awareness. In the last 12–18 months, there has been a definite uptick in attention given […]