BetterUp, a tech company with a mission to help people live more meaningful, vibrant lives with greater clarity, purpose and passion, hosted its first annual Inner Work Day. Inner work is the process of taking the time to look inward to discover your best self. The program offered advice and guidance from BetterUp’s professional coaches, CEO Alexi Robichaux, tennis champion Serena Williams, former NBA star Pau Gasol and chief impact officer Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. The events included workshops, seminars, meditation and yoga sessions focused on the practice of inner work.
Companies Are Racing Toward Digitalization To Unlock Value And Improve The Customer And Employee Experience
We’re always hearing talk of digitalization. If you don’t possess digital skills in this new economy, you’re told that you’ll be left behind. It’s one of those corporate buzzwords where you feel you should know more about it, but haven’t got around to it. The reason may be due to the complexity and enormous undertaking required with the reshaping of the corporate landscape.
Neil Young Urges Spotify Workers To Quit As Trump Tells Joe Rogan To ‘Stop Apologizing’
Neil Young urged Spotify employees to quit their jobs in a fresh attack on the company over its decision to continue giving polarizing podcaster Joe Rogan a platform. In a statement published on his official website, Young, 76, said he hoped Spotify workers would “get out of that place before it eats up your soul.”
Olympic Athletes Struggle In COVID Quarantine
Olympic athletes who test positive for COVID-19 and forced to isolate in Beijing are reporting serious issues with their quarantine conditions. Team officials from Germany, Belgium, and Russia said their athletes are facing nightmarish situations, like poor to no internet connection, bad food, and no training equipment, in the so-called quarantine hotels set up by Chinese officials.
How to Tell Your Boss You Are Burnt Out
If you’re burned out at your job and are looking to enhance your career, it may be a good idea to have a conversation with your boss before joining the trend of the Great Resignation. The pandemic has created an entirely new world for our society, and with that came changes to the workforce. People are now starting to see what their labor is worth and what their time is worth, especially with so many places either shutting down or implementing new work from home and hybrid policies. Society is also becoming more comfortable with acknowledging when something about their lifestyle isn’t okay or making them happy and actively making the changes to fix it.
Americans Ditched High-Tax States During Pandemic, Study Finds
Americans flocked to states with low or no income taxes during the pandemic, according to a new report, reaping savings from their work-from-home flexibility. “People move to states with low-income tax for a multitude of reasons, sometimes it’s the most direct and obvious reason that it reduces their own tax liability,” said Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects with the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation. “Especially now that people have more capacity to move where they want, that will be a higher priority for some.”
Employees Are Feeling Anxiety About How Much Time To Spend At The Office
A January 2022 Slack survey of over 10,000 knowledge workers and their leaders shows that the top concern for executives about hybrid and remote work is “proximity bias.” Namely, 41% worried about the negative impact on work culture from the prospect of inequality between office-centric, hybrid and fully remote employees.
Here’s How To Find Happiness Again At Your Job
Happiness has become an elusive emotional state for many Americans with those feeling very happy plunging during the pandemic and the share of those feeling not too happy surging, according to recent data. That discontent has been playing out in the workplace for months now.
Finding The Perfect Job: A Conversation with Mahe Bayireddi, Co-Founder and CEO of Phenom
In this episode of the Happy at Work podcast, we speak with Mahe Bayireddi about transforming the candidate experience and helping a billion people find the perfect job.
Mahe Bayireddi is the CEO and cofounder of Phenom People. A passionate entrepreneur, Mahe has cofounded several successful technology companies, drawing on his extensive knowledge in predictive intelligence and machine learning.
Phenom is a global HR technology company with a mission to help a billion people find the right job. Phenom accomplishes this task through an AI-based SaaS platform called TXM, which redefines the entire talent experience through a single platform approach. This provides companies with a unified solution built on AI that drives personalization, automation, and accuracy for candidates, recruiters, employees, and management.
Learn more about Phenom People here.