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my coworker is enraged that I call my cat “my baby,” my interviewer called me a schmuck, and more

Ask a Manager

I won’t pretend I understand how much pain she must be in, and if all she had done was yell at me I think I’d be willing to brush it off. I was prepared to be outraged at Jane, but grief can cause people to behave in really odd ways. We do, however, have a three-year-old cat we love very much. So what do I do from here?

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Op-Ed: HR Tech 2023: A Lesson in Learning from Each Other

UKG

Vendors and buyers need to have an open dialogue on where and how AI has been embedded throughout their tools. No matter who we talked with, the overwhelming response to why HR professionals traveled to this year’s conference was to get a better handle on their HR technology environment. Let’s hit our goal of 55 percent by 2025!

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How to contain employee benefits costs (and why most businesses struggle)

Insperity

That presents business leaders an ever-present challenge: how to contain the cost of employee benefits. Wondering how to contain the cost of employee benefits? Despite the high price tag, it’s critically important that employers provide quality benefits. The average private-sector employer spends an average of $2.65

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Alisha Pennington of ATvantage: “Women have so much to offer and so many solutions to common problems”

Thrive Global

Women have so much to offer and so many solutions to common problems. There is a perception that business has to be expensive or overly complex, but I want to tell them, “no, it doesn’t have to be.” More importantly, women have intuitiveness that is valuable in business, both when to press harder and when to step back.

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Krista St-Germain: “Grief is not linear and there is no endpoint”

Thrive Global

Grief is not linear and there is no endpoint. We don’t “recover” from grief. Our goal is not to move on from grief but rather to move forward with grief. How do you deal with loss or change in your life? T he world seems to be reeling from one crisis to another.

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Cathleen Elle: “Surround yourself with people who can assist you in the way you need them to”

Thrive Global

How do you deal with loss or change in your life? Her book, Shattered Together: A Mother’s Journey From Grief to Belief?—?equal T he world seems to be reeling from one crisis to another. We’ve experienced a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, political and social turmoil. What coping strategies can you use? That stuck with me.

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Oddesty K. Langham of ODDESTY K: “Find a positive mean of expression”

Thrive Global

It’s important that you understand what grief is and how it may play out differently for individuals. When people think of grief, they often associate it only with death; however, grief is a natural response to any type of Dramatic Loss or Life Change. How do you deal with loss or change in your life?