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Ghosting At Work: It’s Not Just for Dating Anymore

February 25, 2020

By Kristen Harris No call, no show employees. Blown off interviews. Skipped meetings. If someone just stopped communicating with you, basically ending your business relationship abruptly with no explanation, you got ghosted. Typically associated with dating or personal relationships, now it’s common to see people ghost on a job, interview, meeting, or event. Just not showing up and are never heard from again. Disappearing like a ghost, leaving you to wonder if they were even real. Why is this happening? Early psychological research shows this might be a typical human

Pros and Cons of the 4-Day Workweek

February 18, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline There has been a lot of buzz about the concept of a 4-day workweek. So the question is, is it the answer to all things business? Will it make your team happier? Maybe, but maybe not. The idea of a 4-day workweek can happen in a couple of different ways, it can be; consolidated into 4 – 10 hour days, for example, 8am – 6pm, 9am – 7pm, etc., 4 – 8 hour days and salary is changed to reflect the loss of an 8- hour day,

Protect Your Heart

February 13, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline February is all about the heart; love, Valentine’s Day, etc. So, it was only natural for the American Heart Association to add that it would also be a time to focus on your heart health. The health of your heart can be addressed in many ways; better food choices and exercises, but this post is not going to be about food and exercise. This is about how your brain affects your heart and it is a theory by Melvin Pillay that is really worth a moment to

Our Favorite Healthy Recipes

February 3, 2020

February is heart month and we wanted to share a few of our favorite heart-healthy recipes with you for you to make. Derik: PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps from Damn Delicious. Nikki: Creamy One Pot Butternut Squash Soup from The Busy Baker. Canady: Spicy Chicken Chili from Drizzle Me Skinny. Lish: No-Bake Energy Bites from Life in the Lofthouse. Kelsey: Spicy Chicken Tikka Tacos from The Defined Dish. Katie: General Tso’s Chickpeas & Veggies from Healthy Gluten-Free Family. Catherine: Spicy Tuna Poke Bowls from Skinny Taste. Jamie: 3-Ingredient Twice-Baked Spaghetti

Employee to Contractor: 10 Tips for Making the Switch

January 9, 2020

By Kristen Harris Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to (finally) go out on your own as a freelancer or contractor? Have you been building a side hustle that’s getting big enough to become your main hustle? Maybe there’s “something in the air” at your current company, and it feels wise to explore your options. If 2020 is your year to make a move, here are ten tips for making the switch from working as a full-time employee within a company to working independently on your own. Treat it

2020: What’s Your New Year’s Work Resolution?

January 7, 2020

By Kristen Harris What’s at the top of your New Year’s work resolution list? Get a raise? A promotion? Or maybe a whole new job? Do you want to make a difference? Have an impact? You may be saying “YES!” to all of the above. Still, if you’re like most people in a recent Korn Ferry survey, your top work resolutions for 2020 are to create a greater impact/make a difference and to get a new job. 93% of respondents also said that, if they made a work-related New Year’s

Making Resolutions You Can Keep

January 2, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline Cheers! It is a new year and it’s time to make resolutions! Okay, let’s just admit that we are already feeling defeated and what is the point of even making resolutions? Let’s try something different this year. Rather than having goals that are “bigger bites than we can chew”, let’s make them more manageable by breaking them into smaller steps. The #1 resolution is typically to lose weight or get more in shape. Start by: Defining what that means, what does success look like? Is it 10

A Year In…Oh, Wait…A Decade in Review

December 19, 2019

2019 is coming to a close and so is the decade. Just for fun, let’s start the conversation by looking back at a few things that didn’t exist 10 years ago: iPads Snapchat Instagram Lyft Pinterest Square Alexa Venmo Other fun facts: the 2010 Best Picture was “Hurt Locker”, in 2012 the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, and the top song in 2015 was “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars. Portfolio Creative did exist 10 years ago. As a matter of fact, we are

UX vs UI: What’s the Diff?

December 16, 2019

By Kristen Harris UX and UI. We hear these two little abbreviations all the time related to requests for web design work, and 99% of the time they are combined into one thing: UX/UI Design. But are they really one thing? No, no they are not. UX and UI are strongly connected, and both are important, but they are two separate pieces of the design puzzle. Check out our conversation about UX and UI with Ramona Nichols, a design expert who straddles both sides of this fence. There are lots

Collaborative Workplaces: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

November 14, 2019

By Kristen Harris I believe we all do better when we work together. It’s part of human nature; we are social animals, designed to work together and rely on each other for survival. We build communities, including work communities, and together achieve greater success than any of us could achieve on our own. There are ongoing debates about whether collaboration leads to greater success than competition. I’m all for a little friendly competition, but I don’t want to live or work in a place where every individual is only looking

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