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Four Ways to Responsibly Address Mental Health in a Changing Workplace
In the post-pandemic world, business is booming, but workers are stressed. While recent workplace shifts like remote arrangements are proving popular, such silver linings aren’t compensating for rising workloads and burnout. That’s because working from home often means nearly always working, blurring the lines between office and personal life. For example, in a recent study…
Top 3 Warning Signs Your Remote Culture Won’t Work For 2022
At the outset, few of us could have imagined COVID-19’s impact on work as we know it. The rise of remote work is creating a new kind of office culture that prioritizes seamless connectivity over traditional routines. And while these new arrangements have some benefits, it is imperative to address the potentially negative consequences of…
4 Ways to Make Your New Hybrid Workplace Equitable for Women
More than a year into the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to disrupt the workplace. Amid the ever-shifting landscape of policies and protocols, two trends stand out: the rise of remote working and the falling participation of women in the workforce. Since March 2020, nearly 1.8 million women have dropped out of the labor force, yet companies…
What Pride Means to Us at Trakstar
June is Pride Month and organizations around the world are sharing stories about diversity and inclusion. We here at Trakstar felt inspired to share our stories too. We presented our team with a few simple questions they could choose to write about. What does Pride mean to you? How can we show others they are…
Our Dog Friendly Workplace Policy, why and how it works
A Dog-Friendly Workplace Trakstar is home to great employees and their dogs. The pets in our office bring joy and companionship and add to our culture. We enjoy their playfulness and the connections we make with the dogs and with each other through them. A few things made the inclusion of dogs in our workplace…
3 Steps to Flatten Rater Bias
Rater bias is, by definition, an inaccurate distortion of a measurement. Everyone has biases, and we bring our biases to the table when appraising employee performance. Our biases can inflate or deflate an employee’s ratings, but we want to be fair. How can an organization flatten Rater Bias? Here are three easy steps. Create awareness. Talk…