Insights from Leading Entrepreneurs
By: Lisa Evans, a Special to Overdrive
No matter how passionate you are about your business, the stress, long hours, and a myriad of worries can leave you feeling unhappy at work. According to a June 2012 report by the Conference Board, an independent business membership and research association, only 47% of Americans are satisfied with their jobs.
Categories: general Inspirational PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: entrepreneur good happy rested workplace
By: David Ingram, a special to Overdrive
Ethical employees are those who make decisions in the best interest of their employers, co-workers and outside stakeholders in addition to themselves. Workplace ethics center on such diverse issues as discrimination, fraud, theft and personal politics. Although all people are intrinsically valuable, ethical employees can actually be more financially valuable to their employers, and more valued by co-workers and peers. Understanding how ethics can make you a better person in the workplace is a solid starting point for a commitment to always doing the right thing.
Categories: general
Tags: entrepreneur eo ethics workplace
By Jessica Sanders, professional blogger and web content writer for ResourceNation.com
With Gen Y entering the workplace, and Googleplex making employees everywhere jealous, there is much talk about office culture, workspace personalization and how it effects morale and workday productivity.
Though popular startups like Facebook and Yelp are making a splash in the office world, businesses have been slow to the punch. Yet, with employee happiness and productivity at stake, it’s in your best interest to make it happen. From office furniture to natural lighting, find out how it will be beneficial to employees and management alike.
Categories: general
Wine and cheese parties aren’t usually part of the recruitment process when companies hire, but how great would it be if they were?
That was the thinking of Mandy Gilbert, EO Toronto membr and chief executive officer of Toronto-based staffing firm Creative Niche, when she needed to hire a client services manager. The new staffer would need the right skills but, just as important, would have to fit in with the corporate culture. That was crucial for Ms. Gilbert to get right, because early on in her business she rushed the hiring process and made some poor decisions. She didn’t want to make the same mistakes. (more…)
Categories: general
Tags: best practices company culture creative niche environment eo toronto mandy gilbert tips workplace
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