Workplace Insight

APRIL 17, 2024

Additionally, many executives surveyed believe AI will lead to job cuts, with 43 percent anticipating staff reductions. But China is catching up. The US saw a jump from just one AI-related regulation in 2016 to 25 in 2023. The report also highlights a trend noted last year: training models is getting expensive.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

million Americans are working in the on-demand economy, up from 3.2   This is part of the findings of the recently released Intuit 2016 Dispatch From the New Economy: The On-Workforce study.  Federal Reserve survey reported encountering a financial emergency. million this time last year. million by 2021. 20 and Nov.

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Small Business CEO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

T-Mobile has subscribed to a “highly personalized service” model for their customers resulting in CX remaining at all-time highs with net promoter scores up 60% in post-call surveys completed between 2016 and 2019.…

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 14, 2017

This is the second in a series of reports based on their 2016 small business credit survey.  Startup firms make up about one third of small employer firms.   We say "possibly" because the survey didn't go into detail on how much contract workers are working at these firms.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 3, 2017

" As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), there were about 350,000 manufacturing firms with no employees other than the owner in 2014, up almost 17% from 2004. In 2016 we found that there are about 5.4 Their growth stands out in a sector that has been shedding workers for decades." During the same period the number of U.S.

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Success

MARCH 15, 2023

Women in sports In 2016, Brehanna Daniels became the first Black woman member of the pit crew in NASCAR. has a record number of women-led Fortune 500 companies, with “74 female CEOs employed at America’s 500 highest-grossing companies, up from 41 in June of 2021 and only 7 in 2002,” according to the World Economic Forum.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center, “44% of 18- to 49-year-olds say they go online almost constantly.”. I’m going to give up and lie to my family, friends and new boss so I can see what someone ate for dinner? After an hour of driving, I give up and let the 7-Eleven clerk direct me home. Who would ever know?

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Small Business Labs

JULY 1, 2019

Want Your Business to Thrive - Cultivate Your External Talent : The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Success Factors teamed up for study, which surveyed independent workers, managers who hire independent works and HR employees.  But it's nice to see the HR world catching up.  

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BMT Office Administration

APRIL 7, 2023

Why: Final regulations issued in 2016 almost doubled the salary threshold and were thrown out by a federal court. Add up OT hours Not every exempt employee works lots of overtime hours a week, so it’s crucial to identify how many hours a week these employees work. The current weekly salary is $684 a week or $35,568 a year.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Ardent Partners recently released their 2016-2017 State of Contingent Workforce Management report.    The study is based on a survey and series of interviews with mostly HR and procurement professionals at large corporations.  This is up from nearly 35 percent in 2015 and just 29 percent in 2011.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 29, 2018

.  Key quote on The Fed's findings on the size of the gig economy: "Overall in 2017, 31 percent of all adults engaged in gig work in the month before the survey, up slightly from 28 percent in 2016." " As with all studies, it's important to know how the gig economy is defined.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 3, 2016

A Robert Half Management Resources survey finds that three-fourths of workers say integrity is the top attribute of corporate leaders, while just 10% say competitiveness a primary virtue. I think one of my favorite questions is "Have you left a room or lunch table messy, assuming someone else will clean it up?"

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Intuit recently announced QuickBooks Capital , a new small business lending product that provides users of QuickBooks access to small business loans up to about $35,000. According to the Federal Reserve of New York 2016 Credit Survey: Report on Startup Firms , 70% of young businesses say they need funding to grow.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 26, 2016

The Wall Street Journal's Job Satisfaction Hits a 10-Year High—But It’s Still Below 50%  covers the results from The Conference Board's annual job satisfaction survey.  workers surveyed reported they are satisfied with their jobs. An improving economy makes work better for everyone.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2016

In recent Office of the Future research from OfficeTeam and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, 50 percent of survey respondents feel they have skills that are not being tapped at work. They are being asked to become involved in and even take charge of areas such as social media and corporate responsibility.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Their survey asks: "In the last year, did you earn money by selling something online?" " 18% of adult Americans surveyed said yes. In fact, 74% of the people who responded yes to this question said they had sold used or 2nd hand goods in a follow-up question.  8% of the survey respondents said yes to this.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

According to the survey results, 37% of those using online, on-demand platforms have an existing business and 21% have a desire to run their own business. According to data from the 2016 MBO Partners State of Independence study series , about 1 in 5 independent workers use on-demand platforms to help them find customers.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 19, 2016

Key quote: But over and over again, studies and surveys show us that "weak connections" are key to getting the job of your dreams—not the strong ties that everyone places so much weight on. In fact, weak tie impacts are likely even stronger due the Internet and social media.

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Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Understanding people’s personality types can also help us achieve success in our pursuits, whether we’re attempting to get our kids to pick up their toys or motivating a sales team to reach a lofty goal. For example, Nardi watches how his subjects’ brains light up as they engage in a series of tasks.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 15, 2017

According to the National Technology Readiness Survey , in 2015 22.4  It found that by 2020 about 1-5 workers at mid to large sized corporations will be contingent , up from 1 in 7 in 2016.  million Americans spent $57.4 billion in the on-demand/gig economy.

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Success

JANUARY 31, 2023

Managing email takes up too much time While it’s a surprising trend, I didn’t truly believe it was an epidemic until I read a survey published by Reuters that said the average worker spends as much as 6.3 When your email chain reaches more than five back-and-forth responses, it’s time to pick up the phone. Pick up that phone.

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Energage

MAY 12, 2016

2016 Top Workplaces: Achieva’s Workplace Culture Creates Engaged Employees Dedicated to Community Service. . But more impressively, Achieva rolls up its sleeves by hosting and staffing community events. When companies earn Top Workplace status, celebrations often ensue. Achieva Credit Union in Florida takes it a bit further.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

The way things were set up before I decided to start my year on Labour Day didn’t fit that reasoning at all. By the way, I’m in the final planning stages of The 2016 NOW Year Calendar and would love feedback from you as to what you’d like to see in it. This is the most important thing moving my new year to Labour Day would do.

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Success

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

So if you take a spill, don’t try to stand up. Stand up, man.”. Just stand up.”. I stood up, looked around, and sank under the laughs from the group. My goal is to conquer it today, camp at Naked Ground, then hook up with another trail that takes a less-strenuous 8.5-mile No worries.”. But you said…”.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Most architectural research methods adopt quantitative and non-immersive qualitative techniques drawing primarily on surveys, focus groups, and interviews. This approach translates into architecture and design by distilling the essence and values of a company or user group and translating these into what makes up the workplace environments.

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Success

JANUARY 22, 2023

Or how, according to a 2020 study published by AnitaB.org, women make up just under 29% of the tech workforce. Just ask the women in the tech industry, 50% of whom will leave their jobs by age 35, according to a survey conducted by Accenture and Girls Who Code. Once you bring new talent in the door, you can’t let up.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Our conference was held in October 2016 in Las Vegas. Our team-building activity for 2016 was called Compression Planning®: From Idea to Action and Results Faster. The idea is to come up with revolutionary answers that will create change and therefore create better conversations. We had 450 assistants from 11 countries attend.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2016

In our spring 2016 MBO Partners State of Independence survey , 43% of independent workers surveyed reported being independent is more secure than holding a traditional job. This is up from only 33% reporting independent work being more secure in 2011.  On third (33%) reported both types of work are equally secure. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2016

UpWork and the Freelancers Union recently released their 2016 Freelancing in America study. According the press release the key findings are: Freelancing is growing -- The freelance workforce grew from 53 million in 2014 to 55 million in 2016 and currently represents 35% of the U.S. This is about 7.5 million Americans.

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Energage

APRIL 19, 2017

Source: 2016 Workplace Survey. “It Pro-Dex scored well above its competitors in the Manufacturing: Medical Devices & Products benchmark in Communication Up. Source: 2016 Workplace Survey. They stuck it out without raises, made suggestions, and doubled up on duties to help save money. “I

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Energage

JANUARY 31, 2017

That was up 8 percentage points from a year earlier. You can’t do better than 100 percent…and that was the 2016 Workplace Survey results revealed among AI’s sales, marketing, and agency managers. Interdepartmental Cooperation up 15 Percent. Employee engagement overall improved 4 percentage points year over year.

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Energage

APRIL 18, 2017

So, rather than merely competing with the average organization in its industry or region, HubSpot goes up against Top Workplaces across the United States. Looking at HubSpot’s Workplace Survey results, a couple of things stand out. Source: 2016 Workplace Survey. Improving Access and Introducing Elephants. .

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