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Ron Gura: “Don’t work on weekends”

Thrive Global

If you’re not spending 50% of your time as a founder on team building and recruitment, you’re doing it wrong. As a part of my series about “Big Ideas That Might Change The World In The Next Few Years” I had the pleasure of interviewing Ron Gura. We needed a solution, and so I became determined to find one.

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What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere

Workplace Psychology

Hallsten, 1993; Kristensen, Borritz, Villadsen & Christensen, 2005; Pines, Neal, Hammer & Icekson, 2011; Pines & Nunes, 2003). Hallsten, 1993; Kristensen, Borritz, Villadsen & Christensen, 2005; Pines, Neal, Hammer & Icekson, 2011; Pines & Nunes, 2003). Finding solutions to the problem of burnout.

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“Focus on your own self-care” with Amy O’Neill and Parveen Panwar, Mr. Activated

Thrive Global

As a part of my series about the “How Business Leaders Are Helping To Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees” I had the pleasure of interviewing Amy O’Neill. Be human and relatable and also give room for your teams to learn, grow and make their mark. Now let’s move to the main focus of our interview.

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Mike Veny: “I say positive affirmations”

Thrive Global

As a part of my series about “Connecting With Yourself To Live With Better Relationships” I had the pleasure to interview Mike Veny. In 2011, I was living in Queens, New York, a borough of New York City. The goal of everything that I produce is to offer simple and practical tools to support people in healing emotional pain.

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14 Opportunities to Address Unconscious Biases in the Modern Workplace

Bonusly

The Atlantic ’s Jessica Nordell interviewed Patricia Devine, director of the University of Wisconsin’s Prejudice and Intergroup Relations Lab, who evaluates the pervasiveness of biases. A report published by the United Nations in 2011 estimated there were 1 [to] 1.3 Make a point of discussing your unconscious biases as a team.

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The Ultimate Guide To Closing The Skills Gap In Education

Spark Hire

America’s school system is facing a skills gap problem that threatens to invalidate free education for millions of students. In 2011, the U.S. In 2011, the @usedgov reported 1.6 School personnel administrators must have a firm understanding of the dire straits in terms of the candidate pool in our educational system.

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Conversational Practices to Create Belonging

Conversation Matters

All this at a time when technology has made it possible to talk across time and space, see each other, and hold those conversations that create meaning in our organizations. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. Interviews with workers at Divita illustrates the positive contrast.