The Kiwi boss who trialled giving his staff a full salary for four days’ work says it was a success and that he wants it to become permanent at his Auckland company. Andrew Barnes, the chief executive at Perpetual Guardian, says he’s already made a recommendation to his board to take the policy beyond the… Continue reading Four-day working week trial at Perpetual Guardian a Success
Remember the headlines last month about the company operating on a 4-day week with record productivity? It seems to have really got people talking. HR folks, bosses and line managers alike have had their imaginations captured – and conversations are bubbling away in cities and boardrooms. Could there be something sweet in the air, besides… Continue reading How might we be with an extra day up our sleeve each week?
People like getting thank you notes. So why do so few of us send them? According to Amit Kumar, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin who studies well-being, it’s because people underestimate the appeal of receiving an appreciative email. In a study conducted by Kumar and Professor Nicholas Epley of the University… Continue reading Yes, Send That Thank You Note
A recent meta-analysis in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin analyzed 26 studies on work and friendship, concluding that teams made up of friends tended to perform better than teams made up of strangers. That said, workplace friendships can be tricky to navigate. Jessica Methot, associate professor of human resource management at Rutgers University, has… Continue reading Office Friendships
A Gallup report reveals that millennial career happiness is down while disengagement at work climbs: 71% of Millennials aren’t engaged on the job, and half of all those employed plan to leave within a year. Bosses carry the responsibility for 70% of employee engagement variances. When Millennial employees feel supported by their boss, their happiness… Continue reading The Importance of a Supportive Boss
Ethan Bernstein and Stephen Turban, of Harvard Business School and Harvard University, took a look at employees who switched from individual cubicles to an open office plan. What they found wasn’t more collaboration after the switch but less (https://bit.ly/2KYeywv). The participants in the study, whose roles included sales, technology and human resources: ● spent 73… Continue reading Open Office, Open Communication? Think Again!
