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Liz Malatestinic: New year, administration bring new challenges for employers

January 29, 2021 | Liz Malatestinic

Regardless of whether any new laws that affect the workplace are enacted, there are always administrative changes at the federal level that affect companies. Regulatory agencies and commissions such as the EEOC, the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board have rule-making authority on a variety of important issues that can impact employers, and their interpretations often change with new administrations.

Longtime anchor Morehead sues WTHR, claims harassment, discrimination

January 18, 2021 | Vic Ryckaert, Special to IBJ

WTHR’s website still lists Andrea Morehead as one of its news anchors, but her attorney told IBJ that the station fired her in December.

Rioters who stormed U.S. Capitol now face backlash at work

January 9, 2021 | Associated Press

Some business owners are being trashed on social media and their establishments boycotted, while rank-and-file employees at other businesses have been fired.

Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Take your email seriously so you are taken seriously

January 8, 2021 | Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow / Special to IBJ

Unlike a verbal conversation, emails create perpetual, written records of business messaging. If executed well, email is an effective and expedient form of business communication, but confusing messaging can leave a lasting bad impression.

Samantha Julka: Call the registrar, we’ve got a new course

December 31, 2020 | Samantha Julka

Middle managers who work at an organization where robust remote work policies were not in place prior to the pandemic are increasingly the go-between for individual contributors and executive leaders—even more than they were in the past.

Six ways your office will be different in 2021, assuming you ever go back to it

December 30, 2020 | The Washington Post

Human resources advisers, workplace designers, employment lawyers and compensation analysts share predictions for a year that could bring back some normalcy while returning people to workplaces that may never be the same.

Some employees itching to work somewhere other than home; others love it

December 28, 2020 | The Washington Post

Employees now working remotely find themselves imagining the new shape of their work lives in a post-pandemic America. Some glimpse a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel; others see an oncoming train.

Garrett Mintz: How mentors can help leaders continue to grow

December 24, 2020 | Garrett Mintz

In a 360-degree assessment, in which we compare leaders’ self-ratings to how their colleagues rate their performance across several categories, 70% of executives rated themselves lower at specific skills than did their colleagues.

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory?

December 22, 2020 | Associated Press

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has allowed companies to mandate the flu and other vaccines, and has also indicated they can require COVID-19 vaccines.

Kim & Todd Saxton: You should make time now to plan for 2021

December 11, 2020 | Todd Saxton / Special to IBJ and M. Kim Saxton

What metrics can help you decide when to begin staffing up and pursuing innovation more aggressively? What are the different possible paths for recovery in your industry, and how can your organization take advantage of inflection points?

Vaccines herald return to offices, but most workers don’t want to go

December 9, 2020 | Bloomberg News

More than half of U.S. employees currently working from home say they’d like to keep their remote arrangements beyond the pandemic, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday.

Maggie Phelps: Pandemic offers clear picture of team performance

December 4, 2020 | Maggie Phelps

Poorly performing teams can’t hide in this environment. Their performance gaps are exposed.

Business leaders say focus must remain on racial inequality for years to come

December 3, 2020 | Lindsey Erdody

During IBJ’s Engage Indiana 2020 virtual event Thursday morning, Eli Lilly & Co. CEO Dave Ricks said he always believed enhancing diversity and inclusion was important, but this year showed him how serious a problem racial injustice is and fueled his motivation to do more to address it.

Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: The new future with inclusive leadership

November 20, 2020 | Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow / Special to IBJ

A growing belief that diversity is on the rise in the workplace is not enough to proactively and successfully create the ultimate competitive advantages that help businesses pivot, adapt and thrive in “the new future.”

Mandy Haskett: The pitfalls and potential of being feeling creatures who think

November 13, 2020 | Mandy Haskett

Neuroscience and new brain research reveals how critical the recognition of emotion can be to your success or failure—either driving trust and connection or leading to depletion and plummeting productivity.

Kristen Cooper: Do you practice these tenets of accountability?

November 6, 2020 | Kristen Cooper

Whether you are a powerful CEO, rising up on the corporate ladder, or play on a team, ask yourself if your community finds you to be “accountable.” If yes, cheers to you! If no, you’ve got some work to do.

Santiago Jaramillo: Leaders must talk about—and track—diversity and inclusion

October 30, 2020 | Santiago Jaramillo

Truly making diversity and inclusion part of your organizational heartbeat is like performing cultural open-heart surgery: It’s serious and the road to recovery is long, but in the end, your organization will be stronger and healthier than before.

Samantha Julka: Hybrids—great for cars, not for offices

October 23, 2020 | Samantha Julka

Where the hybrid model breaks down is in efficiency. Based on the data we’ve collected, it is proven that it takes a significantly higher amount of energy for organizations to collaborate and strategize, as well as be more innovative and creative, when working in a hybrid model.

Kim & Todd Saxton: This is why it’s never ‘just business’

October 16, 2020 | M. Kim Saxton and Todd Saxton / Special to IBJ

What leads to a strong and sustainable business? We’d like to suggest three aspects leaders need to pay attention to: values, relationships and balance.

New corporate pledges strive to give equity efforts staying power

October 16, 2020 | Susan Orr

The Indy Racial Equity Pledge, launched Oct. 8, details what nine Indianapolis-area employers plan to do to improve racial equity within their organizations, the Indianapolis area, and beyond.

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