In an April post for the Society for Human Resource Management, sociologist and author Jan Yager, Ph.D., called on HR pros to encourage employees to take time off. It was one of several SHRM articles on the benefits of downtime published this year. Corporate travel departments can help. Yager mentioned providing travel discounts to employees…
San Diego — Managing travel programs and contracts for a company acquiring or getting bought by another is no picnic. That’s fine, suggested travel buyer Colleen Kearney. It’s no time to watch the clouds roll by. A lot of things are out of the travel manager’s control in such a situation. “Clean” teams tend to…
Alex Thompson, founder and CEO of legal support provider Legaroo, thinks the digital nomad lifestyle is “wonderful.” He’s also got some words of caution. _________ The growing, geographically free lifestyle of digital nomads challenges companies to update their recruiting, legal and risk procedures. The trend is part of business travel’s evolution since these employees work…
In recent decades sweeping reengineering, digitization and agile initiatives — and lately the move to remote work — have dramatically transformed the job of managers. Research shows that most managers are struggling to keep up. Managers now have to think about making their teams successful, rather than being served by them; coach performance, not oversee…
Former employees of PSNGR1, the online booking tech firm flying on fumes thanks to what founder and CEO Chris Moss called a funding shortfall, said trouble with finances was not the company’s only problem. They accused Moss of mismanagement and claimed that frequent pivots hurt staffers, partners, customers and, they assumed, investors. Making the situation…
Corporate policies and training programs should facilitate and encourage post-trip recovery to mitigate the ill effects of international business travel, according to new research. That could mean allowing extra time to deal with jet lag or personal tasks, encouraging relaxation during trips, establishing minimum rest periods between long-haul excursions or suggesting moratoria on work communications….
Travel sourcing manager-turned-career coach Lea McLeod told us last year that ageism was “alive and well in the job search market.” That also goes for the workplace generally. But even though it’s common, leaders can recognize and combat ageism to make organizations equitable, supportive and inclusive. In this article, Nicole D. Smith, editorial audience director…
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