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When Workplace Relationships Are Good, Both Positive and Negative Humor by Leaders Can Improve Employees’ Job Satisfaction

By Guest PostMarch 13, 2016Economy, Jobs, Small Businesschristopher robert, employee, humor, job satisfaction, workplace relationships

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Past research as well as conventional wisdom about the use of humor by leaders suggests that positive humor should result in happier subordinates who are satisfied with their jobs. Conventional wisdom also suggests that leaders should avoid negative humor, though actual support for that belief is scarce and ambiguous. Now, a recent study from the University of Missouri has found that the relationship between leader-humor and job satisfaction is dependent on the quality of the relationship between leaders and their subordinates not the positive or negative tone of the leader’s humor. (more…)

Sleeping on the job? Actually, that’s a good thing

By Guest PostJuly 28, 2015Economy, Healthadults, benefit your skin, boost, byrossi, cellular detoxification, clear skin, employee, hot tubs, hydrotherapy, hydrotherapy tub, sleeping, surgeon birthday, university, valuehunta

ANN ARBOR — Employees seeking to boost their productivity at work should take a nap—yes, sleeping on the job can be a good thing.

A new University of Michigan study finds that taking a nap may be an effective strategy to counteract impulsive behavior and to boost tolerance for frustration. (more…)

Personal Performance Coaching to Help You Reach Your Career Goals

By Guest PostFebruary 18, 2014Jobs, Small Businessandrew may, australian freelance writer, blogger, career goals, coaching, employee, performance coaching, personal, reach, sharon freeman, trouble with boss

Performance coaching isn’t just for businesses to help them increase their bottom dollar. Individual coaching is available to anyone that wants to further their career and reach their ultimate goals. Whether you are fresh out of college, starting a new job or a seasoned professional, performance coaching can take you to the next level in your career and give it the jumpstart it needs to get to the right track.

Getting on the Right Road

Establishing a clear direction for your career can be challenging at times. It’s much like not being able to see the forest because of the trees. (more…)

Spear Phishing: Researchers Work to Counter Email Attacks that Gain Recipients’ Trust

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 2013Technologyandrew howard, attachment, corporate networks, counter, dynamic framework, e newsletter, email attacks, email system, employee, generic emails, georgia tech, gtri, knowledge, malicious attachments, malicious software analysis, malware, marketing plan, open this attachment, organization, password, personal information, phalanx, research institute, sec, spear phishing, titan, user, verify your password, website

The email resembled the organization’s own employee e-newsletter and asked recipients to visit a website to confirm that they wanted to continue receiving the newsletter. Another email carried an attachment that said it contained the marketing plan the recipient had requested at a recent conference. A third email bearing a colleague’s name suggested a useful website to visit.

None of these emails were what they pretended to be. The first directed victims to a website that asked for personal information, including the user’s password. The second included a virus that launched when the “marketing plan” was opened. The third directed users to a website that attempted to install a malicious program. (more…)

Frontline Employees Can Make or Break Retail and Service Companies

By Guest PostDecember 7, 2012EconomyAmazon, analyst, best buy, chris derose, commercial workforce, company leader, down, employee, Google, hewlett packard, j c penney, management structure, michigan, noel tichy, retailers, ritz carlton, service companies, shopping cart, top, university, US, zappos

ANN ARBOR — Retailers and service companies still utilizing a top-down management structure likely don’t see the connection between the frontline and the bottom line until it’s too late, according to University of Michigan professor Noel Tichy.

In the U.S. alone, retail and service workers are estimated to total more than 15 million people, or nearly one-fifth of the U.S. commercial workforce. Despite the common corporate tag line about “people are our most important asset,” we don’t see many company leaders tap into more than a tiny percentage of the knowledge, creativity and judgment of their largest group of employees. (more…)

Microsoft Employees Raise $1 Billion for Communities Around the World

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2012Technology30th, alice kupcik, american, beat diabetes, Bill Gates, ceo, children hospital, chris gregoire, elisa, employee, foundation, giving campaign, greg graceffo, international, jon fine, king county, Mexico, microsoft chairman, microsoft corp., microsoft employee, milestone, national, oaxaca, red cross, redmond campus, seattle, state gov, steve ballmer, united way, us employee, us workforce, Washington, washingtonian, world vision

Microsoft commemorates 30th Employee Giving Campaign with CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman and Founder Bill Gates.

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 18, 2012 — Microsoft Corp. today commemorated its 30th Employee Giving Campaign and announced that U.S. employees raised $1 billion in cash since 1983 for approximately 31,000 nonprofits and community organizations around the world. CEO Steve Ballmer announced the milestone during a special town hall event at the Microsoft Redmond campus, which included Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire.

“Today, I’m thrilled to announce that since our Employee Giving Campaign started in 1983, Microsoft employees have donated a total of $1 billion to more than 31,000 nonprofits around the world,” Ballmer said. “I’m incredibly proud of our employees, and this is truly a time to celebrate, not just because we’ve raised a record amount of funds, but also because together with our nonprofit partners, we have impacted and improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people.” (more…)

Facebook Profile Pictures Influence Perceived Attractiveness, MU Study Finds

By Guest PostSeptember 14, 2012Culture, Technologyemployee, employer, Facebook, facebook user, kevin wise, positive comment, profile photo, profile picture, self presentation, seoyeon hong, university of missouri

Pictures with positive social cues help attract potential employers, friends

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Around the world, more than 850 million people use Facebook regularly to communicate. More and more employers also are using Facebook as a way to examine potential employees before making hires. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that comments left by users on Facebook profile pictures strongly affect the level of perceived attractiveness of the profile owner physically, socially, and professionally.

Facebook profile photos are the first photos visible on a user’s profile. Other Facebook users are able to post comments about each profile photo, which are visible to anyone who views the photo. MU researchers found that Facebook users whose profile photos include social cues, additional information about the user, and many positive comments on their profile photos are viewed much more socially and physically attractive than users who have fewer social cues and negative comments on their profile photos. Seoyeon Hong, a doctoral student, conducted the research along with Kevin Wise, an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and other doctoral students. (more…)

Employees at ‘Green’ Companies are Significantly more Productive, Study Finds

By Guest PostSeptember 11, 2012Economy, Environmentambrose hotel, beneficial effect, bottom line, certification, company, conventional firm, eco label, economic performance, employee, Environment, environmental commitment, environmental impact, environmentalism, fair trade, firm, france, green certification, green companies, green practice, interpersonal relationship, investor, iso 14001, labor productivity, magali delmas, mechanism, organic, paris dauphine, patagonia, productivity, proxy, revenue, sanja pekovic, santa monica, sustainability, ucla, united states, university, virtuous circle

Bucking the idea that environmentalism hurts economic performance, a new UCLA-led study has found that companies that voluntarily adopt international “green” practices and standards have employees who are 16 percent more productive than the average.

Professor Magali Delmas, an environmental economist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and Sanja Pekovic from France’s University Paris–Dauphine are the first to study how a firm’s environmental commitment affects its productivity.

Their findings are published online Sept. 10 in the Journal of Organizational Behavior. (more…)

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