September Is Smarter Workplace Awareness Month Amber Stark / Friday, September 4, 2020 0 2845 Article rating: 5.0 Read more
Virtual Working Spaces More Relevant than Ever Amber Stark / Thursday, August 6, 2020 0 3920 Article rating: No rating Earlier this year, SIOP shared its seventh annual Top 10 Workplace Trends list. Based on member surveys, these are the issues that were expected to have the most impact on the workplace in 2020. Eight months into the year and “Virtual working spaces,” which tied for No. 9 on the list, has certainly earned its spot. Read more
Using emotional intelligence to take care of yourself and others in a virtual world Victoria Mattingly, PhD, CEO & Founder of Mattingly Solutions Barbara Ruland / Monday, May 18, 2020 0 7902 Article rating: 3.0 For those of us fortunate to still have jobs in a COVID-19 world, I’m right alongside you, learning how to navigate a 100% remote role in a 100% virtual marketplace. Although we’re the lucky ones able to still perform our job during this unprecedented time…it doesn’t mean this #remotelife is easy. Fortunately, we also have resources we can use to buffer or counteract the demands being placed on us in our remote work-life. Job resources refer to any physical, psychological, social, or organizational aspects we can use to complete our work, achieve our goals, reduce the effect of remote work-life demands, and promote personal growth, learning, and development. Read more
Tips for Working From Home With an Infant During COVID-19 Kimberly Acree Adams, PhD Barbara Ruland / Wednesday, April 8, 2020 0 13249 Article rating: 3.6 The struggle is real. Parenting is, and always has been, a 24/7 job. Working parents have always struggled to integrate and blend parenting demands with job responsibilities in a way that makes it look seamless—each set of duties separate and contained. Note that I am using “integrate” and “blend” purposefully here. It’s not about balancing the two—job duties on one side and parenting on the other—with a give-and-take pull requiring us to direct and redirect our attention to avoid wobbling or falling out of equilibrium. But, let’s acknowledge that things are different right now as we weather this coronavirus pandemic. Because of Stay-at-Home orders, there has never been a clearer example of how working parents must blend the responsibilities of both roles. Parents of children of all ages are still integrating the demands of being a parent with those of their jobs, while now also trying to fill the roles of daycare, school, and friends. Read more
Work-Family Balance Struggles in the Time of COVID-19 Kristen Shockley and Malissa Clark, University of Georgia Barbara Ruland / Monday, April 6, 2020 0 11234 Article rating: 4.3 And you thought you had work-family struggles before?? Now you are working from home, serving as a homeschool teacher, dealing with loads of anxiety about the new unknown, all while trying not to touch your face! If you feel like you are burning the candle at both ends, you are not alone. We are certainly in unprecedented times and have no research that speaks to work–family struggles during a pandemic (shocking, right?), but our aim here is to provide you with a few evidence-based suggestions for maintaining your sanity from the work–family and remote work research literature. Read more