Office Skills
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Charting a Path to Career Success: Strategies for Professional Advancement When it comes to navigating the complexities of modern career advancement, it’s easy to get lost without a professional development […] The post Strategies for Career Success appeared first on Office Skills Training.
McKensey
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Today’s significant operational transformations are harnessing the power of AI. McKinsey’s senior partner Azam Mohammad shares what high-performing companies are doing to capture the full impact.
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Success
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Mister Rogers (and his mom!) reminded generations to “look for the helpers” amidst difficult or trying times. In the wake of not one but two devastating hurricanes along the East and Florida coasts the past month, the helpers are rich in numbers. While we certainly never want to downplay the more than 250 deaths ( 251 to Helene and currently 24 to Milton ), we recognize that good people can be found amongst the rubble and destruction.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 17, 2024
W hen it comes to information on ADHD, there are no rules on what are considered good and bad practices. To this day, this results in websites, news messages and even academic textbooks that are very unbalanced and filled with fallacies. Unbalanced, for instance, in the sense that much emphasis is placed on brain and genetic studies that to this day have cost billions of dollars, while showing only very small associations—not providing any basis for biological screening.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Middle managers are caught in a regular tug-of-war. How to manage up to executive leadership and support their teams when unpopular mandates are ordered—all without causing damage to the relationships on both sides? Currently, many middle managers are caught up in a fresh debate over RTO mandates that aim to bring workers in nine-to-five, five days a week.
Office Snapshots
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Kasian collaborated with Trimac to create an activity-based workplace that aligns with their Hybrid Workplace Strategy. The project involved consolidating their office space from three floors into 14,000 square feet, making use of existing furniture while emphasizing Trimac’s brand and culture. The new space was designed to foster innovation, collaboration, and flexibility, featuring various settings such as banquette seating, tiered seating, and informal small tables.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Social media and newsletters are important for a business, it’s free, it’s organic, it’s a great way to build awareness for your brand, and it’s valuable to have a direct connection with customers. But in order to have that direct connection with customers, they have to follow your business. Which is why you need a strong funnel and a robust email list.
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Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The number of women who hold executive reins in corporate Britain has fallen for the first time in eight years in an “unacceptable” reversal that could delay gender parity for another five generations, a consultancy said on Thursday. The Pipeline, which analyses gender diversity at senior corporate levels, said the average proportion of women on executive committees at Britain’s 350 biggest, listed companies slipped to 32% in 2024 from a revised 33% last year.
McKensey
OCTOBER 17, 2024
As more organizations turn to procurement as a source of competitive advantage, innovation— especially applying generative AI and digital—will play a larger role, according to McKinsey partner Tarandeep Singh Ahuja, partner Riccardo Drentin and senior partner Mauro Erriquez.
Wellness 360
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Promoting employee health is crucial for any organization, and wellness challenges present a powerful way to achieve this objective. According to a survey from the National Business Group on Health, organizations with comprehensive wellness programs experience a 25% decrease in absenteeism and a 10% increase in productivity. Moreover, by participating in 30-day wellness challenges, employees […] The post 10 Exciting 30-Day Wellness Challenge Ideas to Kickstart a Healthier You in 2025 appea
Mad in America
OCTOBER 17, 2024
I never knew what it was like—-to inhabit my body. I was always inhabiting others bodies in my body since the cave opened and my heart beheld the world. My soul stood still in another world——-a world out of this world a striding world within worlds of other sacred worlds. I fed on a breast that fed on me and the motherlessness of this hollowness haunted me.
Success
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Taking the first step toward anything is always the hardest, and the same can be said for startups securing their first customers. Even if you have the most ingenious, groundbreaking idea, you don’t have a company until you have people willing to pay for your product or service. Business management expert Amanda Webster knows a thing or two about helping startups as COO at Fund & Grow, a national lending program that connects entrepreneurs with funding.
Office Snapshots
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Phoenix Design: A Workspace Crafted for Wellbeing Design Concept and Philosophy Phoenix Design is a distinguished product design studio known for transforming ‘insights into valuable product experiences that people will love’. To design their new Shanghai workspace, hcreates set out to create a workspace that places wellbeing at its core. Understanding the client’s business operations and the teams dynamics was an important part of the design teams process.
McKensey
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Many business leaders might be hesitant to operate in war-torn and impoverished regions. But a former McKinsey partner shares how doing so can unlock economic potential and improve the surrounding community.
Office Snapshots
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Montreal-based Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes presents one of its latest projects, the first milestone of the Q01 campus in Lévis, Quebec. This project by Quebec-based QScale, whose mission is to design world-class computer processing centres that are part of a sustainable development approach, houses high-performance infrastructure designed to meet the technological needs associated with the deployment of artificial intelligence.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Forget the supposed security of a six-figure salary. A growing group of wealthy workers known as HENRYs (“high earners, not rich yet”) say earning $750,000 per year isn’t enough to live a life free of money worries. These individuals with high incomes but low savings do not see themselves as rich—although their income and standard of living are way above most of the world’s.
WellSteps
OCTOBER 17, 2024
How Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund Improves Employee Health & Reduces Costs with WellSteps When Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund ’s wellness program no longer met its unique needs, the organization turned to WellSteps to develop a custom solution. This wellness case study illustrates how Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund’s program fosters employee wellness and achieves high participation rates – all while lowering healthcare costs.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
After our mom died, my sister and I cleaned out her craft room and found cabinets and drawers filled with projects never completed or even started. “Why couldn’t she finish things?” I thought. Recently, I looked around my own house and realized the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Watercolor supplies in a cabinet are waiting for me to be inspired.
Great Place to Work
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Building a great experience for women at work requires more than fair pay and promotions. They’re essential, but only part of the solution. The focus on pay equity has grown in recent years, with more companies announcing programs to close the gender gap. But achieving true gender parity — equal representation of men and women at all organizational levels — is still a long way off.
AdminDroid
OCTOBER 17, 2024
On Day 17 of Cybersecurity awareness month, gain insights into the importance of resetting MFA and discover a PowerShell script that makes the process easier. Stay tuned for more blogs in the M365 Cybersecurity blog series. Microsoft recommends enabling MFA for all users to safeguard against potential breaches. To enhance security, administrators often migrate from per-user MFA to CA policy and implement stronger authentication methods.
Great Place to Work
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Here’s what employees need from their leaders to navigate uncertainty and create workplace stability. The U.S. presidential election is just one of 65 global elections in 2024 that promise to have a significant impact on the lives of employees. Just how big of an impact is election season having on workers? One in three workers say they believe the election will affect their careers.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
For decades, chief executive pay has climbed precipitously, buttressed by generous stock awards and six-figure bonuses. Since 1978, CEO compensation has spiked by 1,085%, a far cry from the 24% bump in pay that the average worker has seen. In 2023, however, overall CEO compensation—which includes salary, bonuses, stock awards, and stock options—actually dropped by nearly 20%, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Great Place to Work
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The pharma industry veteran and chief people officer at BVI Medical shares career lessons and insights into what drives his strategy to create great workplaces for a global company. Offering employees a great workplace is a business strategy. Great companies can point to clear benefits they receive when employees are having a great experience: more productivity, higher rates of innovation, and lower turnover costs.
ONEs Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2024
ESSEC Business School in Singapore is committed to delivering a world-class educational experience, and part of this mission includes providing a cutting-edge environment that enhances operational efficiency and user satisfaction. To achieve this, ESSEC made a transformative decision to adopt the ONES Software room booking system with the support of i-CONTROL Singapore , revolutionizing how staff and students interact with campus resources.
WellSteps
OCTOBER 17, 2024
How Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund Improves Employee Health & Reduces Costs with WellSteps When Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund ’s wellness program no longer met its unique needs, the organization turned to WellSteps to develop a custom solution. This wellness case study illustrates how Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund’s program fosters employee wellness and achieves high participation rates – all while lowering healthcare costs.
Attendance Bot
OCTOBER 17, 2024
For HR professionals managing teams or working with colleagues in India, it’s crucial to be aware of the India holidays 2025 schedule. Understanding how holidays are categorized in India—Gazetted Holidays (mandatory closures), Restricted Holidays (optional and chosen by employees), and Observances (culturally significant but typically not leading to closures)—will aid in effective planning and scheduling.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Never before in history have we been so spoiled in resources to deal with our stress at work. Never before in history have we been so stressed at work, according to a Gallup report. Both of these things are true, so where did we go wrong? Our grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ generations would likely be shocked to see the comprehensive work wellness packets that come with most corporate jobs today.
McKensey
OCTOBER 17, 2024
With the right plays, consumer product companies can widen margins and increase revenue growth even as they improve sustainability. McKinsey’s senior partner Jan Henrich and partner Scott Woodruff explain how.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The Psychiatric Time s has been hosting a point/counterpoint regarding the validity of DSM diagnoses, which began when two Finnish researchers, Jussi Valtonen and Jani Kajanoja, published an article critiquing the presentation on web sites that confound the diagnosis of depression with a causal explanation for that diagnosis. That triggered a reply by Ronald Pies and Mark Ruffalo, which was published in Psychiatric Times, which sought to defend the “validity” of DSM diagnoses.
fm:systems
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Current office space management trends to help your company create flexible workspaces for both in-person and remote employees.
Great Place to Work
OCTOBER 17, 2024
When employees say they have a lot of meaningful opportunities to innovate, they are 82% more likely to be excited to use AI. For global companies, the ability to innovate and adapt amid the rise of generative AI is a crucial challenge facing leaders in every industry. While a 2024 report from Accenture found that 81% of companies see AI as one of the main levers to reinvent themselves, it doesn’t mean that workers are on the same page as their leaders.
Work Life
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris defended the Biden administration’s handling of illegal immigration in a combative television interview on Wednesday, blaming Republicans for failing to pass a border security bill. Grilled by host Bret Baier on Fox News , Harris also defended President Joe Biden’s mental fitness , her years as his vice president and her previous support of gender-affirming surgery for transgender inmates.
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