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Fast Company
Reports of people feeling burned out seem to be everywhere these days. One unexpected ingredient to this proliferation of burnout is how the malady may actually be contagious.

Your surroundings may lead to your own workplace exhaustion when a culture is low on a sense of control and social connection.

Visit https://www.fastcompany.com/90628736/turn-to-these-steps-to-protect-yourself-from-catching-burnout to view the full article online.

 
Entrepreneur
Between workers' continued safety concerns, child care hurdles, and eligibility for additional unemployment benefits, employers nationwide are struggling to fill positions. As a result, many companies are trying a range of new tactics to find -- and keep -- job candidates willing to work in-person.

Check out some of the innovative recruiting programs and incentives U.S. companies have put in place during the pandemic.

Visit https://www.inc.com/mary-yang/hiring-recruiting-incentives-attract-employees.html to view the full article online.

 
QMT Windchimes

Business2Community
Visual content is one of the most effective ways to reach and resonate with your target audience. As humans, we’re hardwired to absorb and recall visual information much more rapidly than text-based content.

But the key to visual marketing success is to understand how to use visual marketing effectively.

Visit https://www.business2community.com/marketing/12-tips-for-creating-effective-visual-marketing-02401696 to view the full article online.

 

Strategy+Business
When communication suffers, so does innovative problem-solving. And because the forced move to remote working has sharply impacted the capacity for gatherings around the watercooler (or coffee machine or foosball table), the potential to engage in problem-solving has declined as well.

Recurrent problems that reduce productivity spiked in the remote working world. Here are four ways to ensure creative juices keep flowing, whatever the working environment.

Visit https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Create-a-virtual-watercooler-to-spark-innovative-problem-solving to view the full article online.

 
Parry America Inc
SBI Software

Chatsworth Consulting Group
There’s no going back to “normal” after the last 12 months. What does normal even mean at this point? Our lives, realities, and perspectives have been changed in profound (and for many, painful) ways – but it appears there is light at the end of the tunnel.

As things begin to shift, it’s time to ask ourselves important questions in anticipation of a “new normal.”

Visit https://chatsworthconsulting.com/2021/04/15/after-the-pandemic-what-choices-will-you-have-made/ to view the full article online.

 
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