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How Did Your Thanksgiving Turkey Get To Your Plate?

Thanksgiving is a very American holiday.  You sit with your family, watch football, and eat turkey.  When you were digging in on your plate of poultry this year, you might have wondered “how did my turkey get here?”  This question is more complicated than meets the eye. First, the bird obviously lived on a farm.  The US has a turkey population of 100 million birds, and surprisingly, seventy-seven million of these come from Minnesota and North Carolina.  In preparation for Thanksgiving sales, your turkey was taken to be processed and packaged.  The North Carolina company Butterball ...

Working From Home: The Feelings Vary From Best To Worst

  Since working from home (WFH) has become more permanent for many employees, we thought we would share the results of a Wall Street Journal survey asking people for the best and worst parts of working from home.     THE BEST                                                                                       THE WORST Not having to commute to/from an office:  100%              ...

The 10 Tips To Engage Employees & Eliminate Burnout As The Economy Reopens

The Coronavirus pandemic has created new and unforeseen hurdles in an economy that was already facing slow growth and less innovation. Mental, physical, and emotional health have been severely altered due to the Pandemic. Physical workspaces were all not accessible, and employees had to adjust to these new ways of work. Now that the economy is reopening, employers face the challenge of engaging their employees, constricted by the limitations of this new world. Workplaces will still be closed, but the economy will be open. This new reality, combined with the emerging work from home/anywhere trend, makes virtual management an integral ...