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40% of managers say their mental health declined on the job

Fast Company Tech

Managers were already tasked with addressing low morale and absorbing additional work as companies have been hit with layoffs in recent yearsbut now a number of employers are more pointedly culling their ranks, too. Just 15% of their time is spent on long-term strategic thinking, and another 13% on developing their direct reports.

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Report: Blue-collar workers feel less satisfied and less respected in their jobs

Fast Company Tech

In 2024, just about half of all American employees reported feeling very satisfied with their jobs, and only about a third were happy with their pay or opportunities for promotion. A key issue for many blue-collar workers who are frustrated by their jobs is pay.

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How Gen Z is shaping what meaningful work looks like for all workers

Fast Company Tech

The psychological contract hasnt just shifted around where we work. More than 40% of Gen Z employees have refused a work assignment because of ethical concerns. More than 40% of Gen Z employees have refused a work assignment because of ethical concerns. We commonly hear things like, These kids just dont want to work.

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5 ways to embed active optimism into your work life

Fast Company Tech

Then theres the issue of client loyalty, reduced scopes, tighter timelines, and the not-so-secret plan of AI to take everyones jobs. Its about harnessing a belief and way of working that will refuse to allow the status quo to take hold or accept that things are inevitably going to be terrible. Try it, I promise it works.

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Promoted to a leadership role? Here’s how to make the ‘player-to-coach’ transition seamlessly

Fast Company Tech

Years ago, while working at a regional bank, I was promoted from trainer to leading a training team in another department. She asked, What if your job is not to be the expert up there, but to facilitate the expertise in the room? After all, people have grown accustomed to your old ways of working. Of course that was the answer.

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The shift from talent intelligence to work intelligence  

Fast Company Tech

While talent intelligence platforms (TIPs) serve an important purpose in identifying skills, they are inherently limited and never designed to address the fundamental question: How is work itself structured and how is it changing? Its not just creating new skill gapsits redefining work at its core.

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For Better Virtual Work Vibes—Try EI

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Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Throughout the pandemic, I fielded calls from colleagues asking for advice on a range of issues. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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