According to a 2023American Psychology Association study, 26% of workers claim to have experienced feelings of loneliness and isolation. Curiously, if you work in customer or patient service work, that feeling of loneliness soars to 35%. You would think that loneliness would not be an issue for those engaging with people all day, but it is. If you field ...
When I started my career in public accounting there were only four levels to reach the top. Staff accountant, Senior, Manager, then finally Partner. My managing partner was less than twenty years older than me. With only twenty years difference it wasn’t too difficult to understand his values and his expectations. Today’s workplace, however, often spans four generations, making it ...
I’m often asked, “What’s the biggest hurdle in people integrating their faith at work?” My response is fear. The fear of being sued prevents many from expressing their faith in the marketplace. The other fear is that peers may ridicule or mistreat us if we’re public about our faith. A recent Religion at Work study claims 32 per cent of ...
Stephen Phelan, Movement Mortgage’s Chief Pastoral Officer, shared at a conference I attended about Movement Mortgage’s approach to caring for their team members. After exploring the needs of their teammates, Movement Mortgage concluded that everyone had three common needs within the workplace. All need friends at work, friends during a crisis, and each needs to have purpose in their work. ...
In 1958, Patricia Haroski was working as a secretary for her father’s State Farm agency. She wanted to honor her father on his birthday, October 16th. Furthermore, she decided to honor all bosses as well. According to Wikipedia, she registered a holiday with the US Chamber of Commerce called Boss’s Day. The holiday hasn’t been widely accepted, however, partly due ...
According to a study by Rice University, those who live in the South more frequently experience expressions of faith in the workplace from evangelical Christians than in other parts of the country. Further, in the Northeast, you’ll see and hear significantly more from Jews about their faith than the Jews in the Midwest. The region you live in impacts our ...
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