Research has shown that when employees have friends at work they are better performers, more engaged, and happier with their jobs. However, thanks in large part to technology, how we relate to our coworkers is changing in two important ways.
First, we are less likely to live close to our coworkers. This means that we may not have the opportunity for in-person, informal shared experiences (e.g., going to happy hours, running into each other at the “water cooler”) as well as organizationally sponsored shared experiences (company outings/dinners). Second, we increasingly rely on technology to communicate with our colleagues. Interacting through media like text message, instant message, and FaceTime makes it harder to get a sense of who someone is. We can’t assess body language and other non-linguistic cues in the same way we can in-person. When we work via technology, it is also more likely that we will only communicate with our virtual coworkers when we have a reason to — such as for a shared task. Given these fundamental differences in how we relate when working virtually, how do remote colleagues become friends?
To read the entire article, click here: How Remote Workers Make Work Friends
Source: HarwardBusinessReview
Today is Mothers’ Day in Sweden. This day is celebrated on different dates worldwide and it is equally important everywhere.
I lost my mother seven years ago. She was a intelligent, kind, caring and loving person. I miss her so much.
Today I brought this tray to bedside of the mother of my children. She is the best. The kids joined online via facetime. It was a beautiful morning.
A new study uses United Nations data to measure how children’s rights are respected across the globe.
Iceland, Switzerland and Finland come top.
But worldwide, millions of children face extreme poverty due to COVID-19.
Of the myriad tragic effects of COVID-19, its impact on young people could prove to be one of its most damaging legacies.
The authors of a new report say the crisis has “turned back the clock” on years of progress made on kids’ well-being and put children’s rights under serious pressure across the globe.
The KidsRights Index 2020 measures how children’s rights are respected worldwide, and the extent to which countries are committed to improving them.
The data doesn’t directly include the impact of the pandemic, but the wider report, presented in the context of coronavirus, warns of the “disastrous” impact of the crisis on children.
The index finds the five best places to grow up healthy, well-educated and respected are all developed Western economies. But it does throw up some more surprising results too.
Children’s NGO KidsRights draws on data from UNESCO, the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to compile the annual report.
It groups 20 indicators into five areas: the right to life; the right to health; the right to education; the right to protection; and the enabling environment for child rights.
For 2020, Iceland tops the 182 nations listed, scoring well for its ‘child rights environment’, with legislation that enables child rights, a focus on the best interests of children and respect for their views. For education, it comes joint first with seven other nations,
Switzerland comes second, and top in the protection category, which looks at child labour, adolescent birth rate and birth registration. Finland – another of the joint-top nations for education – is third, while Sweden and Germany make up the top five.
Italy is highlighted for making significant progress in four of the five areas measured. It has climbed from 74th place in 2019 to 15th in 2020.
To read the entire article, click here: These 10 countries are the best at respecting children’s rights
Source: WEF