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✅ Today's Checklist: 🤔 Riddle me this: It makes everything move faster, yet it never moves. What is it? (Find the answer on the bottom). |
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Is Quiet Quitting Still a Thing? |
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Technically? Yes.
But in 2025, it's less of a TikTok trend and more of a workplace smoke signal.
Quiet quitting has evolved. It's not just about doing the bare minimum. It's a symptom of something deeper: burnout, stalled growth, disengagement, or a culture that talks a big game but doesn't follow through.
And it's still showing up in every kind of team: remote, hybrid, in-office, you name it.
👀 The signs are subtle, but they're there: Fewer ideas in meetings "Fine" becoming their default answer Doing the job, but not owning it Opting out of social or cross-functional efforts
Over 50% of employees are quietly disengaged (even if they're technically performing).
It's not just Gen Z setting boundaries.
Younger employees may be more vocal, but the behavior spans all ages. Mid-career folks are just as likely to check out if they've been overextending with little reward.
"Quiet cracking" is the new red flag.
This newer term describes employees who seem fine on the outside but are questioning everything on the inside.
Over half the workforce reports feeling this way. It's not limited to entry-level roles, either; managers and senior staff feel it too.
So what actually helps?
📣 Recognize effort out loud
Even a quick "you crushed that" can shift morale. 37% of employees say recognition is the number one way to feel engaged.
📊 Connect the dots to purpose
87% of employees feel more motivated when they understand how their work supports company goals. Yet 38% say they don't know how the company is performing.
🧘♀️ Make burnout preventable, not just treatable
35% of employees say their employer isn't supporting their well-being. Another 34% say their workload feels unmanageable. Both are major predictors of disengagement.
🧠 Treat disengagement as a signal, not a flaw
"Quiet quitting" isn't about laziness. It's often a rational response to feeling undervalued or disconnected. It's not just about doing less. It's about feeling like more effort won't matter.
When people feel seen, trusted, and supported, they don't check out. They lean in. |
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Safety Shouldn't Be a Luxury at Work |
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Workplace violence isn't just a worst-case scenario. It's a rising reality.
Between retail assaults, healthcare aggression, and even office shootings, more employees are showing up to work on edge.
Traliant's Workplace Violence Prevention Training helps flip the script. Built by legal and compliance experts, this 30-minute course gives your team the tools to:
It checks all the legal boxes (OSHA, California, New York, and healthcare mandates), but more importantly, it shows your people that their safety actually matters.
👉 Book time with a compliance specialist to preview the course.
Or cut to the chase and try it for free.
Because protecting your people should never be optional. |
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Why You Keep Underestimating Your Time (and Falling Off Track) |
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"I always think I can get more done than I do. Everything takes twice as long as I think it will, and I fall back to bad habits after a week or two." – Andrea
That feeling? Classic time optimism: overestimating what you can get done in a day, underestimating what each task actually costs you, and beating yourself up when the math doesn't work.
The fix isn't more discipline. It's more honesty about how time really works.
Start by getting granular. Most people plan with vague blocks like "finish proposal," when the real task is five mini-steps long.
Planning methods like bottom-up estimating break big to-dos into bite-sized chunks, making it easier to predict how long something actually takes.
And if you're wondering why new habits don't seem to stick? That's not failure, it's neuroscience. The "21 days" rule is a myth. On average, it takes 66 days for a new habit to become automatic. Depending on the complexity, it can take up to 8 months.
Want to find the real energy drains in your day?
📋 Try this exact AI prompt we use in our course, Prompt, Scale, Win:
I want you to act as a productivity coach and help me identify 'time leaks' in my daily and weekly work—these are repetitive, low-value tasks that consume time and energy. Start by asking me questions to understand my typical workday, key responsibilities, and common tasks. Focus on uncovering activities where AI tools could save time or automate parts of the process. Once you have enough context, give me a list of 3–5 tasks I could delegate to AI immediately. If you need more details at any point, ask me follow-up questions like, 'What type of documents do you spend the most time creating?' or 'Which of these tasks feel the most repetitive?' to get a clear picture. Avoid suggesting high-level strategic or creative tasks that require deep human judgment.
Small tweaks like this can reveal huge inefficiencies, and things you're doing out of habit that no longer need your brainpower. Better habits don't start with better hustle. They start with better data. |
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👀 4 HR Mistakes to Stop Making and How To Fix Them |
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Hiring's moving fast. Compliance is getting trickier. And people want more support, not more software logins.
If your HR stack isn't saving you time or making life easier for your team, it's time for a reset. Here are 4 common pitfalls (and the tools that can help you skip them entirely):
Mistake #1: Manually running payroll every cycle
It's 2025. Stop wasting time (and risking errors).
✅ Try OnPay: A clean, affordable payroll solution that handles taxes, direct deposit, and benefits all in one place.
Mistake #2: Treating hiring like a group inbox project
If your ATS is a spreadsheet + your email, no wonder candidates are ghosting.
✅ Workable has a lightweight but powerful applicant tracking system that streamlines hiring, and makes it easy for your whole team to collaborate.
Mistake #3: Scheduling shifts on a whiteboard or group chat
Nobody should be texting at 10 PM to confirm tomorrow's schedule.
✅ Use Homebase or When I Work to create, publish, and update schedules your team can access (and sync with payroll) in real time.
🚫 Mistake #4: Using 4 tools when you only need 1
HR shouldn't mean juggling logins.
✅ HiBob is an all-in-one HR platform that supports everything from onboarding to performance to culture-building—without the bloat.
Great HR software should feel like an extension of your team, not just another task. These tools help you do more with less and make life easier for your people, too. |
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Delegate the Noise, Focus on Your Genius |
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"Focus on the things ONLY YOU can do. There are people here to tackle the rest." |
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Stuff We're Loving This Week |
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🗓️ SimplyMeet makes syncing calendars way less painful. |
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