To help identify what makes a great workplace, the Chicago Tribune surveys tens of thousands of employees each year and uses their responses to build a list of the best places to work in Chicago. Sprout Social is honored to be included on the list for the third year in a row, ranking No. 4 […]
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rawpixel / Pixabay Despite Silicon Valley in San Francisco being renowned across the globe as the place to be for a career in digital, a recent global study shows Silicon Valley as ranking way down at number 15. One of the reasons for this surprising result is the need for a work/life balance. ‘Happiness’ was
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Facebook is back with a new Workplace update that we can all get excited about — multi-company groups on Workplace Recently, Facebook introduced new tools to Workplace, including bots, improving their overall business offering. Now that they’ve gotten over 14,000 organizations using the platform to communicate and collaborate during the workday successfully, they’ve decided to expand
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Do a quick search online for articles about millennials and you’ll be flooded with results. Since the millennial generation has entered the workforce, this generation has dominated headlines with controversies, lessons, and new age approaches to business. In the meantime, older generations and traditional ways of doing business have been pushed to the side. Apps
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Enterprise workers say wasteful meetings and excessive emails are the top productivity killers at their jobs, according to recent research from Workfront. The report was based on data from a survey conducted in June 2017 among 2,001 US respondents, all of whom are employed by a company with at least 500 employees and who are
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Are you surprised that coffee and productivity go hand in hand? You shouldn’t be! Coffee is almost sacred within the confines of the office walls. It is a way to lift you out of your slump and a mechanism to chat to the coworker you’ve been eyeing out all summer. It can also be motivator
lukasbieri / Pixabay Are you ready for the employee of the future? Social media isn’t just for posting selfies while hiking, or sharing pictures of your food. Employees are forcing employers to embrace the social media effect, but this isn’t news. What is new and exciting is the number of social media network enhancements that
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Airbnb will give employees $2,000 to travel and stay in any Airbnb listing in the world; Burton Snowboards offers up “snow days” along with season ski passes to hit up some fresh powder. And Adobe shuts down entirely for one week during the summer and for one week in December. These are just three examples
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Over the last decade, compelling research from neuroscience continues to inform leaders and HR professionals on ways they can improve teamwork, productivity, and company performance. But what’s the source of it all, scientifically speaking? What’s that one ingredient that makes some of the world’s best company cultures thrive and profitable? Dr. Paul Zak has the
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Lately, I have been enjoying the celebrity geek-off between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who have very different opinions about whether AI will be an unequivocally good thing for human society. I guess I was as scared as the next guy the first time I saw Arnold Schwarzenegger’s original Terminator. But I’m not ready to
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