Insperity

MARCH 5, 2024

In today’s dynamic business landscape, the role of human resources extends far beyond traditional administrative functions. HR plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success, but a big part of doing that is to make sure HR initiatives are in alignment with overarching business objectives. Plus, the connection between HR strategies and business plans is not just beneficial; it’s imperative for sustainable growth and to maintain a competitive advantage.

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Spiceworks

MARCH 5, 2024

Find out why partnerships are the best way for traditional banks to harness AI if they don’t want to lose customers. The post How AI Partnerships Can Empower Traditional Banks? appeared first on Spiceworks.

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McKensey

MARCH 5, 2024

Generative AI tools can shorten physical product design life cycles significantly and spark innovation, but the knowledge and discretion of design experts are necessary to mitigate potential pitfalls.

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Spiceworks

MARCH 5, 2024

Microsoft has fixed a high-severity vulnerability in Windows six months after being warned about the zero-day exploitation. Learn more about the critical Windows flaw and its implications in cyber security. The post Microsoft Patches Windows Zero-Day Exploited by Hackers Since August 2023 appeared first on Spiceworks.

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McKensey

MARCH 5, 2024

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning.

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Success

MARCH 5, 2024

You’ve probably heard the reassuring saying that when one door closes, another one opens. Author, executive coach and positive psychology expert Stella Grizont says she hopes her story demonstrates that “you don’t have to actually shut the door. You might be perfectly where you need to be and [may only need to] adjust something within.” That mindset shift of embracing the detours and seeing setbacks as “setups” encapsulates key aspects of The Work Happiness Method , which is also the title of Gr

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Success

MARCH 5, 2024

At the end of a productive day, how do you feel? If your answer is exhausted and depleted, instead of proud and energized, you might need to rethink the definition of “productive” altogether. That’s what New York Times bestselling author Cal Newport does for us in his new book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. Hustle culture is not the answer.

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AdminDroid

MARCH 5, 2024

Microsoft 365 licenses serve as passports, granting access to the rich suite of Microsoft 365 services and apps. Assigning a Microsoft 365 license manually for limited users is quite an easy task. But when it comes to larger organizations, it turns out to be a hassle! Because, with a constant stream of new users joining those organizations, individually assigning licenses to each one isn’t practical.

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Spiceworks

MARCH 5, 2024

Apple has been fined 1.8 billion Euros by regulators in the European Union for disrupting competition among rival music streaming services. Find out the factors behind this severe punishment against the tech giant and its control over App Store policies. The post EU Fines Apple More Than $1.95 Billion Over Music Streaming Antitrust Practices appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

As March unfolds, many of my colleagues, friends, and clients have been asking the same question: Did this year’s “celebration” of Black History Month seem quiet to you too? Over the past four years, many of us working in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have experienced a surge of invitations to speak, train, and collaborate.

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Spiceworks

MARCH 5, 2024

Almost three weeks after the breach at one of Bank of America’s vendors that impacted more than 57,000 customers came to light, yet another third-party data breach affected customers of a premier financial institution – American Express. Vigilance over credit card activity is the need of the hour, not to mention a renewed focus on third-party risks.

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Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

If 2023 was the year sales teams adopted generative AI, then 2024 is the year of repercussions. It was only a few months ago that generative AI in the form of ChatGPT celebrated its first birthday, marking a whirlwind year of adoption by marketers and salespeople who wanted to automate and optimize their cold outreach. And there’s solid evidence that GenAI did just that and improved the speed at which teams could draft cold emails, write social media posts, craft video scripts, etc.

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Spiceworks

MARCH 5, 2024

Learn how to prioritize digital trust to secure your organization’s future in a rapidly changing landscape. The post What’s on the Horizon for Digital Trust and Identity appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

Before I started my own company, I worked as a software developer for a New York media company. I had a colleague—let’s call him Neil—who was a brilliant designer. But he was also a perfectionist. After collaborating with Neil on a few projects, a funny thing began to happen. My respect for his craft grew in tandem with my aversion to working with him—because he was a chronic bottleneck.

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Spiceworks

MARCH 5, 2024

The 38th South by Southwest is just around the corner! SXSW transforms Austin into an annual melting pot of people from technology, entertainment, business, and arts and will host six conferences, dozens of speakers, and hundreds of sessions. SXSW 2024 isn’t a pure-play technology conference, although it will be a big part of the event. Find out more.

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Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

“As we move beyond the joy of having a great idea, our Eureka! moment, we soon realize that we have entered a realm of uncertainty.” —Maryléne Delbourg-Delphis “Eureka” is an expression that means “I have found it.” People use it to communicate feelings of excitement and triumph when they solve a problem or make a discovery.

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Office Snapshots

MARCH 5, 2024

For one of the largest communication technology companies in the world, NELSON Worldwide was entrusted with the complete interior redesign of its 9,500-square-foot facility. In continuation of a longstanding partnership spanning 500 projects and a 15-million square-foot portfolio, the client and NELSON designed a sleek, modern experiential showroom for a high-level clientele of executives, including Fortune 500 CEOs and other key decision makers.

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Office Dynamics Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

Understand the distinctions and overlaps between an executive assistant and a personal assistant.

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Office Snapshots

MARCH 5, 2024

Anthony Harper – one of New Zealand’s longest established and most respected law firms – chose Wingates to design their new 1280sqm Workplace on Levels 34 and 35 of the ANZ Tower in Auckland’s CBD. With the aspiration to step away from the look of a traditional law firm, the new working environment has provided an opportunity for the firm to showcase internally and externally their renowned inclusive culture.

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CoreHealth Workplace Wellness

MARCH 5, 2024

Corporate wellness programs are more popular than ever because of the benefits they bring to employee health and the organization. According to a 2023 survey by the American Psychological Association, 92% of surveyed employees said that it is very important to be part of an organization that values their emotional and psychological well-being.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 5, 2024

The last few years have seen a major shift in how businesses approach their office spaces. With more emphasis on aesthetics, functionality, and employee wellbeing, 2024 will showcase some of the most exciting trends for future-ready workplaces centred on connection, wellbeing and change. As a leader in workplace design, MillerKnoll talks about the top six emerging trends shaping office spaces this year.

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Ruby

MARCH 5, 2024

No matter the product or service, in today’s oversaturated marketplaces, customers have more than their fair share of options to choose from. Because of this, people are getting more selective in terms of who they do business with. Yet despite this, a contradictory phenomenon seems to be happening at the same time: many people feel that customer service is, in general, getting worse.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 5, 2024

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched new guidance on Scope 3 embodied carbon measurement and reporting, for stakeholders across the built environment. Scope 3 represents a proportion of an organisation’s indirect embodied carbon emissions that can constitute up to 80-95 percent of its total value chain footprint. Setting out a way to coherently align embodied carbon assessments, the guidance reframes Scope 3 reporting as a singular methodology rather than siloed efforts.

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Fellow

MARCH 5, 2024

Maintaining morale in the workplace is a big challenge for even the best managers. That’s even truer in hybrid or fully remote work environments, where new questions about teamwork and team cohesion pop up daily. Though we’ve never been more connected virtually, how do we keep that connection going beyond the screen? How can you create synergy to align your team with your organization?

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 5, 2024

NeoCon has announced that it is now accepting submissions for the prestigious Best of NeoCon competition, the show’s official awards program that recognizes exceptional new products from show exhibitors. Since its establishment in 1990, the program has been a beacon of innovation, garnering a diverse array of entries across various commercial sectors, including workplace, healthcare, hospitality, and education.

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Vantage Circle

MARCH 5, 2024

Workplaces are evolving at a rapid pace and things revolving around them need readjustments. And when it comes to employee recognition , the traditional one-size-fits-all approach has become outdated. Modern workforces are diverse, dynamic, and digitally sound. This calls for recognition programs to be equally adaptable and technology driven. Hence, the need for modern employee recognition programs has become significantly important.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 5, 2024

Targeting workers with different incentive schemes based on their individual characteristics leads to greater performance and increased productivity and is much more effective than a one size fits all approach, according to new research from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and published in the Management Science Journal. To study the impact of targeted incentive schemes on performance, Timo Vogelsang , Professor of Accounting at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, alongsid

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Minding the Workplace

MARCH 5, 2024

Hello dear readers, I’ve collect some of my recent contributions to the dialogue about workplace bullying and related topics. I’m including several that I wrote about in earlier posts in case you missed them. Article excerpted in popular law school casebook I’m happy to share that my first law review article about workplace bullying and U.S. employment law, “The Phenomenon of ‘Workplace Bullying’ and the Need for Status-Blind Hostile Work Environment Protectio

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Vantage Circle

MARCH 5, 2024

Implementing creative employee recognition ideas is vital to talent management in any modern workplace. While competitive pay and benefits attract talent, thoughtful recognition programs boost employee engagement, motivation, and loyalty over the long term. In this article, we are exploring the top 20 ideas for employee recognition , spanning public praise, personalized rewards, peer appreciation, events, time-off benefits, and more.

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Mad in America

MARCH 5, 2024

A new article published in Psychopharmacology finds that insomnia, anxiety, depression, tremor, headache, and dizziness are common symptoms of antipsychotic withdrawal. The research, led by Wilhelm Storck of Toulouse University Hospital, also finds that some antipsychotic drugs are more associated with withdrawal than others. Tiotixene carries the most significant risk of withdrawal, followed by pimozide, quetiapine, thioridazine, and ziprasidone.

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Work Life

MARCH 5, 2024

As employers across industries have tightened their budgets and cut jobs, it seems like no worker is safe from the threat of layoffs. But at Maximus—a major call center contractor for the federal government that helps Americans access Medicare benefits and affordable health insurance through the Affordable Care Act—workers claim that layoffs at the company have become almost routine.

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Mad in America

MARCH 5, 2024

O nce upon a time, a long, long, time ago—in the 1970s and ’80s—there was a great deal of curiosity and an upbeat mood among many in the psychotherapy professions. The field of family therapy had become a global movement, with clinical work and research being conducted all over the world. Much of this work looked at how relationship patterns, especially family dynamics, contributed to what showed up as “symptoms” in one person.

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Fellow

MARCH 5, 2024

With 77% of meetings now hosted virtually, there are many new opportunities to leverage technology to improve accountability, organization, and planning. Whether your team uses Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, or any other video conferencing platform, it’s important to understand certain etiquette around virtual meetings. In this article, we’ll learn if you can record a meeting without consent and how to record meeting contents properly.

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