How Employees Can Help Cut ‘Quiet Cutting’ Out of Their Careers
When "quiet quitting" went viral on social media in 2022, it brought a new meaning to absenteeism in the workplace. A year later, employers are flipping the script with ...
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Cultivating Virtual Management Skills for the Hybrid World
The majority of the insurance workforce is now hybrid — if not fully remote — with just 4 percent of companies requiring employees to come into the office every day. ...
Study Shows Employees Get Drowsy During Virtual Meetings Because They’re Bored
If you're seeing a lot of yawning during virtual work meetings, it might mean your employees are bored, according to new research from Aalto University. Prior studies suggested fatigue from virtual ...
U.S. CEOs Head for the Exits Across Industries; No. of Insurer Exits Steady
Through the first nine months of this year, 1,425 CEOs have left their posts at U.S. companies across industries—marking the highest nine-month total in over a decade. According to global ...
Meet Your New Employee: Advanced AI
Much of the discussion around how to manage the advanced forms of artificial intelligence—machine learning, generative AI, large language models—deals with them only as technologies. This is a ...
GEICO Lays Off 6% of Workforce; Will Require More In-Office Time
In a letter to employees, GEICO president and chief executive officer Todd Combs said the Berkshire Hathaway company is laying off 2,000 associates, or about 6 percent of the workforce. "This will ...
Study: Burnout, Lower Employee Health Benefits Could Lead to Exits
U.S. employers across various industries and regions are struggling to meet their employees' health care benefits needs—and employee satisfaction, wellbeing and retention are at stake, according to ...
Listening: A Career and Leadership Strategy
How many times have you found yourself in the midst of a thoughtful conversation only to be rudely interrupted? It's not only annoying but often seen as disrespectful and selfish. Chances are, your ...
Submarines to Solutions: Navy Vet Brings Expertise to Insurance
Growing up, the military was always in the background of John Spencer's life. His father served in the U.S. Marines. A U.S. Air Force loomed near his hometown of Fairborn, Ohio. And though enlisting ...