Kids are usually talented naturally whenever it comes to sports. Playing a sport is fun, good exercise and can help a kid build teamwork skills. There are some kids who have specific solo sports they enjoy, like tennis or even skiing. But on the other hand it’s a really good thing when kids are engaged in teams sports like soccer, basketball, and also baseball. Just a few of the things a youngster learns when playing sports on a team are how to work well with other children, how important it really is to cooperate, and how to be a contributing part of a big team. If you start a kid playing sports when they’re still pretty young, then they are much less likely to feel awkward when they become a part of a sport later on in their life. When kids are little there is not as much pressure put on them so this makes it the perfect time for them to learn a new sport. They may also find the time to be more enjoyable when they realize that other kids of their age are learning the sport for the first time as well.
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The historically high unemployment level gets discussed often in the media lately, but an under-the-radar trend is that voluntary employee turnover is currently at a three-year high, according to the Department of Labor. Clearly, even with continued rounds of layoffs at some of the best-known companies and a weak hiring outlook, greener pastures are luring [...]
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As longtime readers know, I’m a big fan of webinars. Not just because Winning Workplaces has produced our own series of them for small business executives, but also because the barrier to entry on the technology side has become much more manageable, meaning that more business executives, researchers, and other experts can attract more attendees [...]
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Although we consider ourselves extremely vocal when it comes to promoting the link between staff engagement activities and long-term company growth, Winning Workplaces is by no means the only organization shouting this from the soapbox. Just last week, SJF Institute (with whom we’ve previously collaborated to produce content to help you improve your people practices) [...]
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One of the hallmarks of a harmonious and productive workplace culture is little to no litigation initiated against a company by current or former employees. Winning Workplaces looks at this as part of a larger question about government, civil, or criminal complaints in our annual Top Small Company Workplaces competition. In 2011, only 2% of [...]
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