The Receptionist

MAY 30, 2024

Now Available: Check-Out Reminders The Receptionist for iPad is proud to introduce a new feature to help our customers better maintain visit log accuracy and keep track of their visitors in real time: Check-Out Reminders ! Ensuring that your office’s checked-in visitors are checked out once their visit is complete can provide crucial information for your workplace, from tracking average visit times to maintaining accurate data for compliance to ensuring you have a 100-percent accurate evacuatio

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Wellable

MAY 30, 2024

Explore Global Wellness Day activities to inspire a sustainable shift towards ongoing well-being practices at work and beyond. The post Practical Ways To Make Global Wellness Day Meaningful At Work appeared first on Wellable.

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Mad in America

MAY 30, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in Norway. The author, Erik Rudi, voluntarily relinquishes the authority of being a “psychologist” and “healthcare professional.” I n no way would I be offended or angry if you use the term therapist for me. I just think that it is your expression of a misunderstood, imprecise and outdated definition of what mental health work entails.

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Work Life

MAY 30, 2024

Last year, the so-called Great Resignation came to an end as quit rates returned to pre-pandemic levels. But this return to the status quo has not necessarily translated into a boon in retention for U.S. companies, many of which were struggling with escalating attrition long before COVID-19 shook up the workforce. One recent report found that retaining workers remains a top priority for employers, and only 28% of chief human resource officers expect their retention issues to improve anytime soon

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Office Snapshots

MAY 30, 2024

SEPALIKA, a Sinhalese word meaning night jasmine, a fragrant white flower with anti – fungal, anti – inflammatory and anti – viral properties. Though the office caters to a couple who run 2 different businesses from this space, the place resonates more with SEPALIKA – a fertility and wellness clinic for women. The client brief was very clear from the very beginning.

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Work Life

MAY 30, 2024

Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes, though, they’re more than just awkward. Perhaps you dropped the ball on a project and caused your company to lose a client. Or maybe you sent confidential information to the wrong person. While companies hire crisis-communication experts to do damage control, you’ll need to take steps to fix your reputation. The first is to take responsibility for your actions, says Laura Crandall, author of Working With Humans: Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed for Conversatio

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Office Snapshots

MAY 30, 2024

Michael Page, a renowned London-based recruitment firm with over 40 years of establishment, is embarking on a redesign project aimed at reducing their office space by 20% while maintaining their current location. The objective is to adapt to a new way of working and capitalize on the scenic view of the CBD skyline. The redesign project for Michael Page’s office space is driven by several key objectives aimed at optimizing the utilization of the existing space while enhancing functionality

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Work Life

MAY 30, 2024

I’ve always been a crier—when I’m sad, when I’m happy, when I’m frustrated: tears. So, you can imagine my struggle as I entered corporate America. Waterworks and vulnerability aren’t exactly welcomed in the workforce. And yet as an advertising executive, first in New York, now in Los Angeles, working on some of the largest and well-known brands, there was no controlling my tears.

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Wellics

MAY 30, 2024

Do you know? These are the times when you have to forget your old rules about workforce management and adopt new strategies to cater to the needs of a diverse team. You will witness fresh faces but with different expectations as this new type of workforce is a mix and match of people belonging to different generations.

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Work Life

MAY 30, 2024

Tesla shareholders will vote on June 13 to ratify Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package , which a Delaware judge voided in January because she found he improperly controlled the process. They will also be asked to approve moving the company’s legal home to Texas from Delaware. Below is a look at the potential legal fight standing in the way of Musk’s pay day.

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WellSteps

MAY 30, 2024

Statistics are important, we would argue employee engagement statistics are among the most important for companies. Employee engagement in the U.S. has hit an 11-year low, with 4.8 million fewer employees engaged in Q1 2024 versus Q4 2023 ( Gallup ). That’s worrisome since employee engagement has a significant impact on business outcomes such as retention, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

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Office Snapshots

MAY 30, 2024

Motional, an autonomous vehicle company, previously operated out of three separate buildings. However, with the strategic decision to relocate to Mill 19, the aim was to centralize all 200 engineers within a single, cohesive workspace. Positioned as one of three tenants in the three-story structure, which rose under the historic steel skeleton of Mill 19, once a bustling bar mill, Motional seized the opportunity for expansion.

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Work Life

MAY 30, 2024

Many senior leaders complain about running from meeting to meeting, from one fire drill to the next, from dealing with employee matters to investors, from presentations to spreadsheets, from Zoom to town hall meetings, board meetings to performance reviews, strategic planning to ops reviews, from checking email to moving calendars around, and the list goes on.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 30, 2024

It is thought that up to 20 percent of the UK population is neurodivergent and while many companies now are more educated on the need for diversity, many still have some way to go to adapt their workplaces both culturally and physically to ensure these individuals feel they are truly supported, valued, respected and able to the excel in their role. Sadly, a recent study by Birkbeck found that 65 percent of employees with a form of neurodiversity fear discrimination at work, despite companies inc

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Vantage Circle

MAY 30, 2024

Your culture is your brand! This is because your people are the biggest asset of any organization. – Matt Phelan, Author of Freedom to be Happy Do you ever walk into an office and immediately feel the energy in the air? Some workplaces exude a distinct energy - maybe the lively banter, the creative decor, or simply visibly happy and smiling people.

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Attendance Bot

MAY 30, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, assumptions and approaches to productivity are undergoing a significant transformation. Reaffirmed by recent research by Slack Workforce Lab , productivity means different things at different levels of an organization, which further complicates efforts to improve. For executives, it often implies maximizing worker output for profit.

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fm:systems

MAY 30, 2024

Planet, Places, People: Unlock Workplace Sustainability – Ungated

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The Office Management Group

MAY 30, 2024

In today's dynamic and ever-evolving work environments, sped-up in the wake of the pandemic and the need to focus on wellbeing and culture, the role of office management has emerged as a true linchpin in ensuring the smooth operation of businesses across all industries that have an office base. From orchestrating daily tasks to fostering a productive workplace culture, office managers play a pivotal role in driving efficiency and cohesion within organisations.

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Work Life

MAY 30, 2024

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have sparked a discussion about whether female Muslim athletes who wear a headscarf should be allowed to compete. In September 2023, the International Olympic Committee, upholding freedom of religious and cultural expression for all athletes, announced that athletes participating in the 2024 Paris Games can wear a hijab without any restriction.

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