Inspiration @ Work

The Presidential election is over yet the conversations about what will happen now, in January and in the four years to come. For employers, having those conversations trickle into the...

While your company may have a wellness program and put emphasis on health in the workplace, your employees must be engaged for these initiatives to be successful. And, it’s human...

Few people would volunteer willingly to sleep outside in Michigan in November, no matter what the reason might be. That is just one of the reasons the upcoming Sleep...

The 2016 Presidential election is finally over. But one question remains: How do you move on with your co-workers? Whether you are jumping for joy or drowning your sorrows, there...

Time and time again, there’s one critical component that hampers a business’s productivity and efficiency: People are wired to work within organizational silos. What are some of the specific pitfalls...

Each year, parents send their sons and daughters off to college with high hopes that in four years – give or take – they will earn a degree and...

Most businesses recognize that employee collaboration is a must for a productive and efficient workplace. But many companies aren’t set up properly to take the greatest advantage of one of...

Giving people the services they need to protect their finances is definitely a good thing. Volunteering your time as an organization and as individuals to give people the homes...

Businesses, professionals and others who use sociall media to promote a brand often are unsure whether what they’re doing is effective. Their usual ways of measuring success – such as...

Your workplace may support the health and well-being of your employees, but here’s the real question. Does it provide the tools necessary to empower employees to boost their health? With...

Every company goes through growth spurts, getting bigger or adding to the goods and services they offer. The questions becomes how to adapt to those changes, especially when you’re...

Hosting a meeting or conference has many details included. Arguably, the most important is location. You want to find a space that is comfortable, well-appointed and ready to tackle...

Unfortunately, data breaches are a way of life for everyone these days. The latest breach at Yahoo resulted in more than 500 million accounts being stolen and compromised. So what...

When it comes to promoting your business, you need to get creative from time to time. Try something new. Get people excited about your product and talking about it...

Feeling sick and going into work anyway is a fact of office life; many people worry that if they don’t show up for work no matter how their health...

There’s a line from an old play that goes something like this: “The woman that deliberates is lost.” You might recognize it by more modern translations as “He who...

You have to be impressed with a work conference that bills itself as “One day/Five Workshops/100 percent business.” Now add that this is FashionSpeak, Michigan’s largest conference for the fashion...

  Feeling a work slump? Need some inspiration for your daily grind? Then you might want to check out an explosion of ideas known as TEDxDetroit. Thousands of like-minded Metro Detroiters...

First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise, is partnering with tech services giant Wipro Ltd. in a year-long partnership it hopes will provide 50,000 brand new books for children in...

With Halloween, the election, Thanksgiving, Christmas, ski season, and tax season approaching, there is an uptick in available openings for those looking for seasonal jobs. In fact, in order to...