Working SMARTer Work Design

Virtual work is challenging to managers because it requires creating appropriate processes and policies for those employees who are remote, hybrid, or prefer to be on-site. Researchers Florian Klonek and Sharon K Parker address the question of how organizations and leadership can leverage successful work design to boost performance for virtual teams. Work design makes … More Working SMARTer Work Design

What Gives You a Sense of Wellbeing?

๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ. Psychologist Carol Ryff developed a six-dimension scale of psychological wellbeing drawn from numerous theories and research. She determined that the 6 factors are: ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป She found that self-acceptance had the strongest correlation to life … More What Gives You a Sense of Wellbeing?

The Art of Juggling

Women have had to become expert at juggling for many decades. In the past two years, it was a skill and art that was predominantly necessary by women due to economics, the pandemic, lockdown, and family dynamics. Caregivers have had to make hard choices and deserve respect. This does not make any parent or family … More The Art of Juggling