How does mentoring help in the workplace? The answer is deceptively simple: mentoring or coaching (1) connects the dots between training and work output, and (2) creates and motivates a career track that mentees can follow. And it’s good for business: one study found that every $1 invested in a mentoring program returned $1.50 thanks
-> Continue reading How to Use Mentorship Programs to Promote Workforce Diversity
CoAdvantage- Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, people weren’t exactly maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Gallup had reported that American workers spend an average of 47 hours per week on work. Now they spend more time than ever: since the pandemic struck and led to many employees working from home, the average workday has extended
-> Continue reading Mastering Work-Life Balance in Small Businesses
CoAdvantage- In our previous post in this series, we looked at the real-world benefits of diversity programs – better financial performance, improved innovation, insulation from legal and regulatory action – but noted that many diversity initiatives not only fail, they often outright backfire. Why? What’s happening with diversity initiatives that makes them so difficult to
-> Continue reading Diversity Program Effectiveness, Part 2: How to Make Diversity Work for You
CoAdvantage- What happens if the COVID-19 pandemic, when it collides with the seasonal flu this winter, turns into a “twindemic” with both illnesses running rampant? The prospect has health experts worried. “We could see a perfect storm of accelerated COVID-19 activity as people gather more inside in particular, as they become increasingly fatigued with the
-> Continue reading Workplace Wellness Best Practices During Fall and Winter for Both Flu and COVID-19
CoAdvantage- Between COVID-19 surging in the U.S., the onset of flu season, and a full spate of holidays approaching, employers are at higher risk than ever of staffing shortages. Here are 7 tips for surviving over the short-term with fewer than normal workers available. 1: Triage strategically. Getting work done when short-staffed depends on clearly
-> Continue reading 7 Tips if Your Office Is Understaffed Due to COVID-19, the Flu, and/or the Holidays
CoAdvantage- Diversity programs have the potential to produce enormous benefits for the organizations that embrace them, but all too often efforts fail to generate the desired results. Why? It’s important to understand that, yes, inclusivity and representation are not only right in principle, they also legitimately produce business value when translated into smart programs designed
-> Continue reading Diversity Program Effectiveness, Part 1: If Diversity Helps, Why Does It Often Fail?
CoAdvantage- 2020 has seen a lengthy, emotional, and frequently tense race between two candidates strongly and passionately supported by each of their core bases. In this kind of environment, it’s easy for post-election day talk to tip into dangerous territory that can lead to temporary or ongoing fractures between different groups of employees with strongly
-> Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Navigating Political Tension and Fostering a Positive Work Environment
CoAdvantage- Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, employees already had a hard time establishing firm boundaries between home life and work and fully unplugging from their job duties. A CareerBuilder survey from earlier this year (pre-pandemic) found that nearly half of workers “complete work outside of office hours,” including responding to emails at night and while
-> Continue reading How to Protect Your Employees From Burnout: Unplugging From Work
CoAdvantage- If election-related political discourse is proving disruptive or difficult in your workplace, here are four proven best practices for managing how employees handle political disagreements to promote a civil and civic-minded atmosphere for everyone. DO: Establish formal policies that discourage political speech and activity at work. One easy option to manage political disagreements: turn
-> Continue reading Tips for Managing Political Speech and Election-Related Discourse in the Workplace
CoAdvantage- The COVID-19 pandemic has hit American businesses hard. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the unemployment rate rose from 3.5% in February to 14.7% in April, representing tens of millions of jobs lost, with expectations that the average unemployment rate will remain close to 10% in 2021. And it’s not just the workforce
-> Continue reading NAPEO Report: How PEO Clients Have Fared During First Months of the Pandemic
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