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☆ How managers can help make their workers happier in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This matters for companies, in part because more engaged workers are linked to things businesses want — things like productivity and profitability. Employees who feel supported by their bosses are also more likely to feel happier and less likely to have chronic health conditions. The takeaway for managers is clear: Connect each employee's work to the company's larger purpose. Empathy also plays a big role in making workers feel more engaged at work. Business-leadership researchers at McKinsey & Co. said in a 2021 report that more managers needed to prioritize mental health.

☆ Half of your employees are 'quiet quitting' and it's dangerous. An MBA professor shares the 5 most effective ways to save a team's morale and productivity.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Brooke Vuckovic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She says that quiet quitting isn't a new phenomenon but it can be very harmful to company culture and morale. One of the best ways to fight quiet quitting is to focus on your "star players" instead, she says. What is new, however, is the not-so-quiet part of quiet quitting: quiet quitters are increasingly announcing their status proudly on social media, thanks largely to a TikTok video on the subject that went viral. Now, it is estimated that quiet quitters make up 50% of the US workforce. Don't "quiet fire"It's tempting to fight fire with fire — or silence, in this case, with withdrawing — but try to resist that.

☆ US workers are stressed, anxious, and disengaged. Here are 3 simple strategies managers can use to help them.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Managers can use a number of research-backed interventions to foster employee happiness. Note to managers: Happiness drives business results. A study published in early 2022 found that employees with high measures of self-reported happiness upon starting their jobs performed better than those with lower measures of happiness. Cultivate happinessWhen it comes to boosting an employee's emotional well-being, there is only so much a boss can do. Lester and his co-researchers have recommended managers lead team exercises geared toward improving employee well-being.

☆ Jill Biden holds the key to the nation's political future as her husband weighs re-election in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

"Joe Biden wouldn't have run in '20 if Jill Biden had not wanted him to run and he won't run in '24 if Jill Biden doesn't want him to run," he told Insider. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks go off on national mall from the White House on July 4, 2022, in Washington, DC. Jill Biden divorced her first husband after five years and married Joe Biden two years later. First lady Jill Biden tours a classroom at the James Rushton Early Learning Center in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 9, 2021. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 18, 2022.

☆ Half of your employees are 'quiet quitting' and destroying morale. An MBA professor shares the 5 most effective ways to save a team's culture and output.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Brooke Vuckovic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Farms and restaurants are now the only parts of the U.S. economy that a majority of Americans view in a positive light, according to a new Gallup survey. In Gallup's study, the organization asks survey participants to rate various business industries using a five-point scale that ranges from "very positive" to "very negative." Only one industry — computers — sees an even split, with 50% of survey respondents holding a positive impression and the rest either viewing it neutrally or negatively. No business sectors saw a significant uptick in favorable reviews over the past year, the polling group found. Farming, which includes agriculture, and restaurants have been consistently top-ranked industries since Gallup began the poll in 2001.

At least half of all U.S. workers now do the bare minimum of what's required from them at their jobs, according to a new survey from Gallup. Industry watchers and workforce experts have adopted the term "quiet quitting" to describe such workers: people who have chosen to reject the hustle culture that has dominated conversations around work and career for decades. While quiet quitting is sometimes defined as simply enforcing boundaries between work life and personal life, the Gallup survey paints a different picture. "Many quiet quitters fit Gallup’s definition of being 'not engaged' at work — people who do the minimum required and are psychologically detached from their job," Harter wrote. Most employees who are actively disengaged or are not engaged are already looking for other jobs, Harter said.

☆ Gen Z mistrusts everything — big business, government, other people, you name it
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

With that question, The Washington Post's technology columnist, Taylor Lorenz, kicked off a recent Aspen Institute panel entitled "Can Gen Z Trust Their Elders?" Across the board, members of Gen Z are less inclined to trust major institutions than their elders are. Add all these factors up, and Gen Z is looking more and more like it will become permanently mistrustful. Why doesn't Gen Z trust anyone? According to a report by Edelman, seven in 10 members of Gen Z say "they will fact-check" any claim made by a business or advertiser.

☆ The Neuroscience of Why Spicy Foods Can Make Us Feel Great – or Terrible
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-20 | by ( Daniela Hernandez | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

S1 E43The Brain Science of Aggression and Why Lashing Out Can Feel Good Nearly one in four people surveyed in Gallup's latest Global Emotions Report said they’d recently felt anger. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the neuroscience behind rage, the roles it plays in our lives and how we can keep it in check. Photo composite: David Fang

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☆ American employees are stressed, anxious, and disengaged. Here are 3 simple strategies managers can use to boost their workers' well-being.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-18 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Managers can use a number of research-backed interventions to foster employee happiness. Note to managers: Happiness drives business results. A study published earlier this year found that employees with high measures of self-reported happiness upon starting their jobs performed better than those with lower measures of happiness. Cultivate happinessWhen it comes to boosting an employee's emotional well-being, there is only so much a boss can do. Lester and his co-researchers have recommended managers lead team exercises geared toward improving employee well-being.

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