Imagine you work as a barista at Starbucks. A customer walks in on a bright sunny morning, eagerly anticipating your warm welcome, the comforting aroma of freshly brewed coffee, and your excited request for their name – which per pre-established rules, is always hand-written on the renowned coffee cup. However, that day you wake upContinue reading “Understanding Display Rules & Emotional Labour at Work: Cost, Consequences, and Coping Strategies”
Category Archives: Organizational Behavior
5 Ways To Enhance Wellbeing of Layoff Survivors
The majority of current layoffs have been in the tech industry, but there have also been significant layoffs in industries such as healthcare, tourism/hospitality, retail, manufacturing, construction, and transportation/warehousing. Although layoffs have always been an issue, the recent increase is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to supply chain disruptions, an economic slowdown, andContinue reading “5 Ways To Enhance Wellbeing of Layoff Survivors”
3 Steps to Boosting Employee Engagement on Mondays
We have all felt the impact of a long week. Friday arrives and seemingly everyone is awaiting the end of the day with more excitement than is ever brought to the arrival of Monday. You begin hearing statements such as ‘Do you have plans for the weekend?’ or ‘Thank God it’s Friday!’ Looking forward to the weekendContinue reading “3 Steps to Boosting Employee Engagement on Mondays”
UNLOCK(ED): The Talent-Sprint’s Podcast Episode on A Human-Centric World of Work
It’s been a full year since the COVID-19 pandemic started impacting the world of work, and from a distance, we have observed how it has taken both the best and the worst out of many HR leaders & businesses. At The Humans of HR, we choose to focus on the positives, and educate others toContinue reading “UNLOCK(ED): The Talent-Sprint’s Podcast Episode on A Human-Centric World of Work”
10 Ways HR Professionals Can Help Protect Employee Mental Health
Last year, I presented a Human Resources research project on wellbeing in the future of work and its impact on the HR function. When I reflected on the fact that this topic would gain importance in the future of work, and for the HR function in particular, I never would have imagined that “the future” was onlyContinue reading “10 Ways HR Professionals Can Help Protect Employee Mental Health”