How manager empathy affects work resilience

How manager empathy affects work resilience

In ensuring workers are not only functioning but resilient, empathy matters more than ever, the executives agreed. With real-time glimpses into colleagues’ home lives, “we actually have more opportunity to have empathy now than we did before,” Felch said. Hummel cited above-and-beyond transparency by company leadership as a template other company leaders should consider in…

Microsoft’s new Transcribe in Word feature is designed for students, reporters, and more

Microsoft’s new Transcribe in Word feature is designed for students, reporters, and more

Microsoft is adding an audio transcription feature into Word for the web today. Transcribe in Word will appear in the online version of Word for Microsoft 365 subscribers, providing an easy way to automatically transcribe audio. Microsoft is supporting existing audio files, or even the ability to record conversations directly within Word for the web…

Being productive is more than occupying a chair

Being productive is more than occupying a chair

The body-in-seat mentality is one of the most insidious, and destructive concepts in modern management. Essentially it means that when employees have their bodies-in-their-seats, it means they’re productive. It’s ludicrous on its face; if you’ve ever forced yourself to sit at your desk for eight straight hours, you know that having a body-in-the-seat does not…