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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. Mary’s mission is to create work cultures where organizations and human beings can both thrive. 12/2015: John Stoker. Mary has a B.S.

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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

I had my master’s in HR and was acting as HR manager at an R&D lab, with over 500 constituents. Those in charge expected me to push more employment-related tasks to employees and managers. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage. The word “humanely” often gets fed back to me. So, let’s clarify.

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If You Want to Be Happy at Work, Have a Life Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

Half of Americans continue to work when they reach their mid-sixties, and, according to a 2015 Gallup survey, full-time American employees work an average of 47 hours a week. We spend most of our adult waking hours working. If you’re keeping track at home, that’s six days’ worth of hours packed into five.

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Staying Human in the Robot Age

Harvard Business Review

. “Relax, don’t fight it,” he’s advised – can’t he see that it’s easier, simpler – better – to live in a world without unruly emotions – all the messy downsides of humanity? Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Attentional poverty.

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