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Reward and Recognition at Work: What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

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Information to help organizations and their employees thrive.

Ioannis Nikolaou‘s insight:

Strategies used to reward and recognize employees’ efforts have become more sophisticated over the years. However, only recently have employers begun to move beyond traditional (usually financial) incentives and consider ways to make work truly rewarding. In addition, state-of-the-art social and affective neuroscience—using techniques such as fMRI, or functional magnetic resonance imaging—has illuminated how the brain responds to various types of rewards.

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Why choose Moyes over Mourhino as the next MUFC coach?

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I’m trying to imagine the meeting with American shareholders at which Manchester United’s executives explain their choice of successor. «So you got someone lined up?» «Yes, we do, and we’re very confident in-» «We heard the Real Madrid guy is…

Ioannis Nikolaou‘s insight:

Top management succession lessons from football… a great article.

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Συνέντευξη στο GROWING.GR

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GROWING

Ioannis Nikolaou‘s insight:

Το μήνα Φεβρουάριο διοργανώθηκε στο loft2work μια σειρά σεμιναρίων με θέμα ‘’Empowering job candidates’’ σε συνεργασία με το Εργαστήριο Οργανωσιακής Συμπεριφοράς και Ηγεσίας του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Οι εισηγητές, κκ. Ναντίν Γεωργίου, Ιωάννης Νικολάου και Νάσος Γκούρας, ανέπτυξαν θέματα σχετικά με τη σύνταξη βιογραφικού σημειώματος, συνοδευτικής επιστολής και αναζήτησης εργασίας, online και offline δικτύωσης και ευκαιριών ενεργής αναζήτησης εργασίας, και με τη συνέντευξη και μεθόδους επιλογής υποψηφίων αντίστοιχα. Σκοπός της σειράς ήταν να συζητηθούν εκτενώς θέματα και ερωτήματα σχετικά με τη διαδικασία εύρεσης εργασίας, αλλά και να δοθούν κάποιες χρήσιμεςσυμβουλές που προκύπτουν από την εμπειρία στο χώρο αλλά και έρευνες που διεξάγονται στο εργαστήριο.

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College Grads Lacking Professionalism In The Workplace

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Recent college graduates are lacking in professionalism in the workplace. College graduates laid back and falling victim to common mistakes of Gen Y.

Ioannis Nikolaou‘s insight:

Generation Y is accustomed to a much more lax atmosphere where sending text message-like emails from their smart phones is second nature. Recent grads are becoming more laid back, but their future workplace may not be.

The job market is as competitive as ever. As recent college graduates have looming school loans over their heads there is no better time to avoid the common mistakes of the rest of the Gen Y’ers vying for the same positions.

The 2012 “Professionalism in the Workplace Study” surveyed a national sample of HR professionals, upper class undergraduates, and managers or supervisors. The study helped to define professionalism and provide numbers to analyze the current state of professionalism in the American workforce.

It is important for recent graduates to take in to account the qualities most sought after by their next interviewer. From an HR standpoint, the most essential qualities of professionalism are listed below:

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