Success

AUGUST 11, 2024

Who fills the chalk bins for those gymnasts shining in the spotlight? Who ensures the track length is accurate, the river is clean, and the athletes’ outfits fit just right? Over 150,000 people do—that’s who. In Paris, this was the number of staff positions the Olympic committee estimated were created to support the Olympics and Paralympics. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), over 700 people work in administration alone.

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Logistics Equipment Security Food 105

Work Life

AUGUST 11, 2024

As managers struggle under heightened pressure to do more with less, their staff are feeling ignored, and checking out. The vicious cycle is documented across numerous studies and surveys which suggest an increasingly fast-moving and complex business environment is causing senior leaders to put greater pressure on managers, and those struggles are trickling down to everyone else.

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Go Burrows

AUGUST 11, 2024

Fanni Gambero went from office admin to co-founder and president, and is passionate about helping small business assistants take their career to the next level. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Fanni shares a snapshot of the DISC personality assessment and how it is a helpful tool for pairing assistants with executives. She also shares her favorite interview questions and tips, and talks about the importance of networking.

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Interviewing Small Business Networking Coaching 93

Work Life

AUGUST 11, 2024

Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company ‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat are playing out on the world stage once again at the Paris Olympics. And who doesn’t love a good ”winning against all odds” story? This year, the trials have an added challenge: as temperatures around the world continue to rise, Olympic competitors have had to adapt and train for extreme heat.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

Decision Making

John Mattone

AUGUST 11, 2024

Even in an age of video on demand, keynote speakers remain hugely popular for celebrating key milestones and kicking off or concluding major corporate events. The live speaking event has remained irreplaceable for thousands of years. As wonderful as video is, nothing can take the place of a live speaker on a stage, enthralling the audience with information, interpretation, wisdom, and inspiration delivered directly.

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Mailing Technology Influencing Leadership 52

Success

AUGUST 11, 2024

Jing Gao wants to push you to elevate your meals by expanding your palate. The Sichuan, China-born chef and entrepreneur is on a mission to bring authentic Chinese flavors to your table through her company Fly By Jing, which is sold in Whole Foods Market stores across the nation. The business carries a line of versatile chili sauces and condiments that has earned accolades in Food & Wine and The New York Times and was featured on the popular YouTube show Hot Ones.

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Food 52