by admin | Feb 12, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
The US freelance workforce is currently 53 million strong, and growing fast. In fact, right now freelancers make up 34% of our national workforce. Sarah Harowitz, executive director of Freelancers Union says, “This is an economic shift on par with the industrial...
by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Looking back on 2014, it’s clear that the US workforce is drastically changing. The freelance workforce is at 53 million strong and rising, women are increasingly leaving the corporate world to start their own businesses (which are growing 50% faster than new...
by admin | Dec 10, 2014 | Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
There sure are a lot of different personalities in the workplace. As a manager, you have to work with diverse personae on an even closer level. And let’s face it, some of those characters are difficult to deal with. The good news is, managing difficult employees...
by admin | Nov 3, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Organizational culture is crucial in creating a workplace where employees can work together as a team and contribute to furthering the company’s values and vision. Maintaining that culture in a shared office space is one thing…but when your freelance employees are...
by admin | Oct 23, 2014 | Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
There is a lot of focus on the best way to manage Millennials, the new generation of workers. Yet the exodus of Baby Boomers isn’t the only shift managers need to prepare for. There is also a spike in freelance workers, which presents new challenges for managers to...