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When Pride Month rolls around June every year, supporters take to the streets of the cities for parades and processions that capture the LGBTQ imagination, with empowering displays of rainbows.
This year, we saw more companies than ever extend LGBTQ-themed campaigns full of rainbow swag, updated logos and even integrating Pride activities into their employee programs. But at times, these rainbow-colored items can feel inauthentic to employees, especially if it’s the only form of support.
Understanding what emotional intelligence is and why it’s so important in the workplace is crucial in today’s increasingly competitive world. People are by nature emotional creatures, but only the emotionally intelligent can recognize emotions and work with them to reach the best possible outcome for everyone.
Stuck in standstill traffic. Circling for parking. Making it to the office, just in time for a meeting. Waiting to use the microwave at lunch-time. Bolting out the door at the end of the day, hoping to make it to the dry cleaners before they close. Sitting in more traffic.
With the economy becoming more digital and with the rise of the mobile workforce, the way we work now is not the same way it was a decade ago. The emergence of flexible workplaces, remote teams, and the arrival of the millennial generation has transformed the workplace culture completely.
It’s indisputable -- Americans can’t be away from their cell phones without getting anxious. Because our attention focuses on this tiny screen, businesses are struggling to connect with their audiences. It’s no wonder two-thirds of our workforce isn’t fully engaged, says a recent Forbes article.
Now more than ever, managing the employee experience from pre-hire to retire is critically important for companies. The unemployment rate has reached record lows while the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports voluntarily quitting has reached record highs.
It’s no secret that employee engagement is critical to an organization’s success. ADP wanted to take a deeper dive into this issue to measure levels of engagement and identify what conditions attract and retain workers through a global study.
Low wellbeing and feeling unable to cope with day-to-day activities are accepted as having a negative impact on how productive someone is in work; one estimate is that it can result in workplaces losing up to 27 days of productive time per employee each year.