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What 3 CEOs Learned After Spending a Day in Their Employees’ Shoes

Success

Since that experience, he’s using his new knowledge of how things really work on the literal street level to create a company-wide “transformation,” including a better tipping policy and improved communication processes. Here’s what other CEOs and leaders say there is to be learned from walking a day in employees’ shoes.

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Why I Negotiated for a 4-Day Workweek Instead of a Raise

Success

I learned there’s a term for this kind of creative arrangement: “ idiosyncratic deals ,” or “ I-deals ,” which are customizations in employee-employer agreements that meet the needs of both parties and offer a valued worker something outside standard parameters. It was a win-win. Photo by @Hanni/Twenty20.

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Lawsuits, Lost Expertise And Bad Morale: The Steep Risks Of Ignoring Older Employees

Allwork

She says that all companies need to create and enforce hiring and employment policies to reduce ageism. . All companies need to create and enforce hiring and employment policies to reduce ageism. Consistently asking every employee once a year, “How do you want to learn, grow and develop in the next 12 months?”

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Designing with Insight and Intention: Uncovering Behavioral and Functional Needs

Allwork

Behavioral change — through the power of social cohesion — can create better team productivity, individual performance, engagement, motivation, learning outcomes, and reducing fear, stress, and anxiety. The workplace should be adaptable to remain relevant and nurturing so the people using it can thrive.

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How to Maintain Your Company Culture Past the Startup Stage

Success

No longer can they maintain an open-door policy for all employees—there just isn’t time. Creating systemic and regular channels for communication is non-negotiable. Entrepreneurs who want to grow their business instead should learn to manage their emotional reactions and other behaviors that define company culture.

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For all its flaws, COP28 still gives us a route to a greener future

Workplace Insight

Incredibly this is first time such an agreement has been reached in 28 years of international climate negotiations, surely a cause for celebration. Collaboration at local, national and international levels was cited as a means to encourage evidence-based learning and innovative governance models.

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Podcast 114: Organizing systems for growth

Clutter Coach

When a company is small, especially if it’s just one person, procedures and methods happen organically and are easily learned by everyone. That means decisions and policies have to be set up for how a space is organized and maintained. Just like organizing in a family or a couple, there will be negotiating to do on either side.

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