With this week marking a change in federal administration, emotions and opinions are running high across the country. There is bound to be a heated discussion in the breakroom or on team message ...

Tension in the workplace is up nearly 20% this year in part due to unpopular policies like return-to-office mandates and massive layoffs. Shaming, gaslighting, and excessive micromanaging at work are ...

In a challenging economy, one thing modern employees can predict with certainty is change. From company restructuring to closures, layoffs to payouts, employees balance economic challenges with the ...

In today’s increasingly polarized world, the workplace is not immune to the tensions arising from divergent political, social and cultural views. This is particularly evident in discussions ...

The 2024 presidential election served as a lightning rod for bigger issues in the workplace. New research by Energage shows a silent divide where employees face challenges discussing political and ...

Civility, once the baseline for professional interaction, is under siege. Partisan political comments, once avoided in the workplace, are increasingly common. Rude, disrespectful and outrageous social ...

U.S. organizations collectively lose approximately $2 billion daily due to decreased productivity and absenteeism caused by uncivil behaviors, according to August 2024 data from the SHRM Civility ...

Many people hoped the temperature would fall on divisiveness, angry rhetoric and uncivil debates over politics and social issues after November’s election, but that has not happened in the workplace.

When work teams become ineffectual due to a breakdown in civility, there may be an easy fix: Bring women on board. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cornell University found that ...

I’m a big fan of swift and efficient meetings, but the most consequential conversations with our editorial team often occur when we veer off-agenda. One such discussion led to digital editor Dan ...

The 2024 presidential election served as a lightning rod for bigger issues in the workplace. New research by Energage shows a silent divide where employees face challenges discussing political and ...