On The Job
DECEMBER 23, 2019
From July 2007 to July 2008, more than 10,000 people left Las Vegas as the unemployment rate in the metro area skyrocketed to more than 12 percent and home prices plunged by 30 percent. Fast forward to 2019, and Las Vegas is once again experiencing a construction boom. It was a grim time. Enter Jon Ponder.
Success
MARCH 23, 2023
So, the duo founded nonPareil Institute, a post-secondary training institute, in 2008. These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills. They yearned for more and they knew they had the skill set to accomplish more.
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Allwork
OCTOBER 6, 2022
I consider the following features most specific to the Portuguese context: The global economic and financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent sovereign debt crisis in Portugal triggered the emergence of a set of collaborative spaces that gained momentum as the economy recovered. 2010 to 2020 was an exciting but intense period.
Workplace Insight
JUNE 28, 2023
It was an idea tested by researchers in 2008, who confirmed the basic premise of the idea. It’s telling that over time Handy’s work has shifted from a focus on organisational structures to more philosophical notions about how to find meaning in work, especially when all of the old certainties about skills and careers have been swept away.
BioTeams
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
One can imagine the resonance here against large multinational teams operating in a matrix structure with multiple backgrounds, skill sets and scopes and especially those that work under a follow the sun model (where one time zone sleeps, the other is awake to continue the trail). Tampa, Fla.: Meghan-Kiffer Press, part 3. En.wikipedia.org.
Ideas.Ted
JUNE 24, 2021
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code , 2019, directed by Judith Helfand. The documentary follows a highly skilled team of filmmakers on a mission to document the mostly hidden impact of climate change. 2040 , 2019, directed by Damon Gameau. Currently available on Amazon, Google Play, PBS- Independent Lens , Vimeo and DVD).
Success
APRIL 20, 2023
Research supports this claim, as a 2020 study published in Frontiers in Psychology which looked at employees in the banking sector found that workplace happiness—as well as “service-skill use”—had a positive impact on employee performance. A positive work environment benefits both employers and employees, but what does it entail?
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