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Susan ‘s Articles for
Business
The 3-Way Effect of Remote Working and Why It Isn’t Going Away
Even though it appears that we’re approaching the end of the pandemic and a return to “normal,” remote work, for many employees, is here to stay. Why would a company decide to keep the remote...
Prevent Remote Work Burnout By Updating Your Home Office
How to Update Your Home Office So Working from Home Is Productive and Pleasurable As we cross the one-year mark social distancing began and remote work became a fact of life, burnout is becoming...
How to Create A Workplace Where Employees Can Ask for Help When They Need It
As a young woman, I was fierce about wanting to be independent. And that meant I didn’t like asking for help for anything. I had this old beater of a car that I was able to buy with my own money:...
Amp Your Writing Energy With Speech-to-Text Apps
Get back hours of productivity each week with a technology you may already have Are you a manager who is struggling to craft a presentation that will resonate with an audience of peers or...
The Human Cost of Poorly Implemented LMS
You Lose Top Performers and Neurodivergent Thinkers Because of This Ben was working in sales for a very well-known company. He always knew he was a slow reader, but didn’t know why. When his...
How to Screen Capture Training Sessions: Create Better Retention of Instructions & Reference Models for Your Employees
Here’s an issue that you may have faced before. You have a new employee that needs to learn a specific task, like filling out documentation. Or perhaps you have an employee who needs to start...
My Employee is Both a High Performer and Under Performer! (And How That Can Happen)
Is There a Divergent Thinker on Your Team? So, you have somebody on your team that other employees are complaining about. That person is not getting key assignments in on time and is holding up a...
Laying the Groundwork for Neurodiversity in the Workplace (If You Want it to Work)
Why would an initiative designed to support neurodivergent employees end up failing some of them? Such initiatives can fail miserably … or they can be successful beyond our expectations! There’s...
Gratitude in the Workplace: A Dozen Ways to Thank People Who Make a Difference!
Every day presents an opportunity for us to reflect and express appreciation to all the people with whom we have worked in the past and who continue to make a positive difference in our lives....
How to Maximize Employees’ Brain Power (And Why it’s Worth the Investment)
How can we help our employees, neurodivergent and neurotypical, focus and process information better, and have meaningful interactions with management and peers? A healthy brain is as important...
What is Neurodiversity in the Workplace – and Why Do I Need to Know?
Big tech companies have faced a skills gap for years, and the demand for talent in this industry has never stopped growing. So, tech was the perfect ground in which a new movement took hold over...
I’m An Engineer, Not A Writer! Solution Mapping for Success
A few years ago, my husband, an engineer, was hunting for a job. It’s grueling when you’re over 50 and trying to find a job in high tech. After a particularly frustrating day, he came into my...