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it’s your Friday good news

Alison Green

Well, I didn’t even make it that long – after one frustrating day in September, I decided to just go ahead and apply to a bunch of remote jobs I saw online that were well suited to my skills and interests. But I loved the work so much I just continued to tolerate it. From this batch I had three interviews.

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The two words leaders should fear most that cause employee disengagement

Get Lighthouse

Whether you are an optimist or pessimist can affect your tolerance level for these sorts of problems. And as Robert Sutton asserts in his best-selling book, The No-A **e Rule , when that behavior is tolerated, it will spread. When your team is frustrated and unhappy, look at what you can do to help with their intrinsic motivation.

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12 digital transformation best practices with examples

Walk Me

Digital Transformation in the 21st Century These best practices are necessary because change is a complex and time-consuming process, so these best practices help leaders make the most efficient use of time and achieve goals, saving resources and reducing frustration for staff to make changes stick.

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The 10 Most Difficult People (and the 5 Best Ways to Deal With Them!)

Mind Tools Team Management

Whether they mean to do it or not, they’re the people who aggravate, antagonize, fluster, and frustrate us – to the point that we can still feel our skin prickle with annoyance at the mere thought of them, decades down the line. As author and CEO Dana Borowka says, they have a “low tolerance for correction.”

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Clearing a Path to Health and Happiness 2.0

Optimum Associates

Second it reduces stress because the disappointments, setbacks, frustrations, and “bad luck” we daily encounter become much milder experiences. If you feel you don’t have value you may act in line with your low self-esteem. We have received love and wisdom from many people on our journey. So how does this perspective nurture us?

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How to Calculate Your Employee Retention Rate

Get Lighthouse

All that said, money is just one of the downsides of low retention rates. Here are some additional costs associated with low retention rates you may not have considered: Lost productivity as positions stay vacant. Remember to exclude any new hires that would hide your real turnover rate: What is considered a low retention rate?

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Ask a Manager speed round

Alison Green

Your ankle blog. Low stakes question, but given the increase in use of online platforms (Zoom, Teams, etc.) I’m sure there’s more but the this policy is part of an umbrella no bullying/no a **e zero tolerance policy. Two weeks ago, in a fit of frustration about my current job, I applied to a lot of jobs.

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