Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound. By Melanie Curtin Writer, activist @melaniebcurtin Sara Blakely founded Spanx in her late 20s. The company made $4 million in sales in its first year and $10 million in its second year. In 2012, Forbes named Blakely the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world. She is clearly massively successful. Yet when asked what the best advice…
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Stop Idolizing Hustle Culture And Do This Instead
Celinne Da Costa, Contributor ForbesWomen Are you familiar with “the hustle”? It goes something like this… You wake up. Check your phone. Brush your teeth, go to the toilet, and check your phone again. You get ready for the day. Maybe you go to the gym, do your meditation routine, or check your email… or…
Why Millennial And Gen Z Employees Are Really Leaving You
John Hall, Co-Founder at Calendar.com and author of “Top of Mind” When recruiting early career talent, many companies think installing a foosball table and stocking the breakroom fridge with beer is all you need. What they didn’t expect was the fact that the Millennials and early Gen-Zers joining the workforce now have far more sophisticated needs and desires…
What is Company Culture and Why is it Important?
Company culture is the life of an organization. It’s the stamp of identity that keeps the wheels turning. Values, traditions, customs and the strength of the company’s social network form the core of company culture. By: myhrtoolkit All stakeholders play a pivotal role in shaping company culture. The company’s leaders create a vision and mission…
What Makes a Great Place to Work? Here’s What Thousands of Employees Had to Say
Flexible hours, gym time, and unlimited vacation days: these are the perks that drive the best workplaces in America. By: Greg Harris and Aaron Brown With national unemployment at a 17-year low, businesses are working overtime to recruit, engage, and retain talent. Our firm, Quantum Workplace, a leading software platform for employee engagement and performance, partners…
The Science of a Brand Movement
Deloitte LLP conducted research to learn how marketers can define and measure brand-fueled movements. By: Diana O’Brien Every marketer dreams of catching lightning in a bottle. It’s that moment when a brand—the product and the values it represents—becomes more than just a purchase. It spurs a movement, centers a community, and becomes part of people’s…
Brand Strategy: The Science Behind Phenomenal Brand Stories
By: Brand Psyche The best marketers tell stories. And while stories can be used in a strategy, there is no plug-and-publish tool that captures your audience’s attention more than a story told from the heart. The best brands know this. They may have teams for content creation, management and strategy but at the center…
Do You Know Your “Why?” 4 Questions To Find Your Purpose
By: Margie Warrell If you’ve ever faced a significant crisis in your life you’ll have experienced the power of purpose to tap reserves of energy, determination and courage you likely didn’t know you had. Your mission was clear. Your goal was compelling. Your focus was laser-like. Your potential was tapped.The power of purpose is…
The “Need to Belong” – Part of What Makes Us Human
By: Dr. Dylan Selterman Why are people so strongly motivated to have relationships? According to a landmark paper by psychologists Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary it’s because of a fundamental “need to belong.”1 The “belongingness hypothesis” states that people have a basic psychological need to feel closely connected to others, and that caring, affectionate…
5 Tips for Managing Millennials
You can create a work environment in which millennials succeed By: Susan M. Heathfield Millennials generally are described as those born in the 1980s and 1990s, which means the oldest members of the generation—also known as Generation Y—began entering the workforce in the late 1990s and early 2000s. According to the Pew Research Center,…