Insperity

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is often assumed that employee assistance programs (EAPs) are only for people seeking counseling and mental health support. Of course, an EAP provides those services, but that’s not the extent of what an EAP can do – not by far. In fact, that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to EAP benefits. What are EAPs used for? With any EAP, the goal is to lift weight from employees’ shoulders and give them peace of mind so they can focus their attention on work and achieve better work-life bal

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Success

JANUARY 5, 2023

Years ago, in the middle of my comedy career, I was in New York City driving a rental car that kept breaking down. It was 98 degrees, the air conditioning didn’t work, and sweat was pouring from my body. To make matters worse, I was in the world’s biggest traffic jam and already 45 minutes late for a very important audition. I started to feel an avalanche of negative emotions building up, putting me in a bad mood.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 6, 2023

I’m cheating a bit with this. Why? Because I’ve already started my 2023. In fact, I’m a full three months in as I write this. You see, I mirror my year with my kids’ school year. That means that I start in September and end it in August. And I typically slow down for July and August while my kids are off on summer break. But I recognize I’m in the minority.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 3, 2023

In an uncharacteristically Waddellian moment*, the Word of the Year for 2022 according to The Economist was ‘hybrid work’. Yet despite its ubiquity, in the comparative calm of social channels over the holiday period lurked claims that no-one knows what hybrid working is. Even though millions of people are doing it. Given that such an assertion came as a surprise, there was only ever going to be one opening post for 2023: an attempt to explain it.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 1, 2023

Internship programs offer numerous benefits to graduating students and recent graduates. Aside from providing opportunities to improve their knowledge and skills in their chosen field and boosting employability, on-the-job training (OJT) can help them get ahead, build a professional network, and start meaningful careers. No wonder many students, fresh graduates, Click to continue reading.

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Success

JANUARY 2, 2023

Remember the White Rabbit from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”)? Take away the long ears, swap in something a bit spicier than “Oh dear,” and you’ve got me. Well, I’m sick of my always-late rabbit habit. Not just because it stresses me out. Not just because it makes other people mad (you should see the hairy eyeballs when my daughter and I straggle into her Saturday-morning music class).

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Go Burrows

JANUARY 1, 2023

Shelli Wassall is an Executive Assistant with over 20 years of experience, and currently partners with two Sr. Vice Presidents in the telecommunications construction industry. In this episode, Shelli shares insight from her 20 years of experience in the administrative professional world and discusses supporting two executives with different personalities (who have never had an assistant).

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Ask Cody

JANUARY 5, 2023

Work and the nature of where and how it is done has changed a lot in recent decades. Where once an employee toiled in a factory or managed files in a cubicle; now the rise of portable computers, high-speed internet, and creative knowledge work has allowed many jobs to be done in any number of different locations. Accordingly, employers are beginning to offer flexible accommodations while trying to balance productivity with happiness and personal fulfillment.

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Success

JANUARY 1, 2023

Brains rule the world, so it’s important to keep yours healthy. Brains run everything; the stock market, huge corporations, the mom-and-pop shops down the street. Your brain governs everything you do: how you think, how you feel, how you act, how you get along with other people. In my work as a physician, psychiatrist and educator, I strive to spread the message that if your brain works right, you work right.

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Ruby

JANUARY 4, 2023

Every business owner wants to be there for their customers in their time of need. But when that time falls between 10 pm and 6 am, well, you’re more likely to be in bed than behind your desk. So, what’s the solution? That’s the question keeping small business owners up at night as they compete for customer loyalty. And while staying awake all night is one way to serve your customers around the clock—there’s only one way to keep up with expectations in the long term: By offering 24/7 service.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 4, 2023

Marie Poulin is the creator of Notion Mastery and co-founder of Oki Doki. Diagnosed with ADHD, she believes that Notion is especially powerful for neurodivergent folks who have long struggled to adhere to traditional or rigid project management processes, and may need a little extra customization and flexibility. Because of this, she is passionate about helping others customize their workflows and workspaces to meet their unique needs and preferences.

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Greetly

JANUARY 3, 2023

In 2022 the economy was, well, weird. And indicators suggest 2023 will be another challenging year for business growth. And workers are feeling the pain. Already in this brand new year, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, laid off 11,000 people. That's 13% of the total workforce. Moreover, Amazon recently announced the elimination of approximately ten thousand corporate and technical positions.

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Success

JANUARY 6, 2023

Everyone finds success differently, whether it’s by pulling bootstraps a little tighter or knowing the right people at the right time. In my case, I found success only after doing something I typically dread : networking. But after moving to a new city—where I knew no one, and no one knew me—I didn’t really have a choice. If I wanted to get somewhere, meeting new people was the key.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 3, 2023

This post, my boss and coworkers are constantly at my house , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I need your help in reclaiming my home. I am an employee at a small consulting company (my boss plus three employees). We all live in the same small town and I often see my boss and coworkers at social functions around town.

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Minding the Workplace

JANUARY 1, 2023

Image courtesy of citypng.com. Hello dear readers, and welcome to the New Year! I collected ten of the most popular 2022 posts on work-related themes. If you missed them earlier or would like to take another look, then here’s your chance to read them: “Gaslighting” is the Merriam-Webster 2022 “word of the year” (Dec. 2022) ( link here ).

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Greetly

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nearly every office hosts visitors many visitors of different types over the course of each day – business partners such as clients and vendors, hybrid and remote employees , job candidates, and delivery personnel. While having visitors to your office is a sign of a healthy company, your company needs a way to manage their presence that is consistent and clear.

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Success

JANUARY 1, 2023

You know the guy. He’s poised. He’s confident. And when he speaks to people, it’s in a strong, measured voice and a relaxed tone. His words are well-chosen. Even his classy but understated appearance seems to fixate everyone around him. But it’s not what he’s saying or how he looks. It’s his whole being. As his voice and gestures indicate he’s nearly finished speaking, you feel inspired by not only his ideas but the ideas of your own which have begun budding from this place of emotion and passio

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 4, 2023

This post, can I hold a job applicant’s proselytizing email signature against them? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m curious about your thoughts on a situation that I encountered recently. I conducted an initial interview with a candidate for a part-time position whose email address and signature caught my attention.

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Minding the Workplace

JANUARY 4, 2023

University of Miami Law Review , 2021. University of Baltimore Law Review , 2021. This semester, I had one of my most enjoyable teaching experiences ever at Suffolk University Law School, via a unique course that I’ve designed called the “Law and Psychology Lab” (LPL), a four-credit, workshop-type offering that examines the intersection of law and psychology in ways that are relevant to legal practice, law reform, and the legal profession.

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Success

JANUARY 6, 2023

We are moving into a decade where we’ll have to begin to embrace what makes us different instead of fitting in to get along. Gone are the days when you just showed up and did average work in an average time. Companies, businesses and organizations want people who stand out so that they can make a difference. You don’t make a difference by doing more of the same, you have to embrace what makes you different.

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Success

JANUARY 4, 2023

People tend to overestimate their ability to read others’ faces or body language when determining if someone is trustworthy, psychologists say. Practiced liars can be experts at genuine-seeming eye contact and gestures. But as unreliable as body language is , it might still be a powerful factor in trust. We’re more prone to like or help people who mimic our nonverbal behavior, psychological studies suggest.

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Success

JANUARY 1, 2023

It’s a Thursday morning in New York City. I arrived from Florida on Monday and saw Hamilton Tuesday at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. To say this is a dream come true is like saying people in New York City have style— gross understatements. But today, June 9, 2016, I’m here to cover a documentary film premiere showcasing stories of female entrepreneurs at The Paris Theater near Central Park.

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Success

JANUARY 6, 2023

Other people call you crazy. But you call yourself an entrepreneur. It takes a different breed to transform an idea into something real, something successful, and Steve Jobs would have tipped his hat to you for signing up for the challenge. “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently,” he said.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 4, 2023

This post, my boss hates my “question authority” sticker, my temp’s eyes glaze over whenever I talk, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss hated my “question authority” bumper sticker. You recently posted an old letter from a guy who had a “fat girls can’t jump” bumper sticker on his truck and he was facing HR complaints about it.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 3, 2023

This post, I caught my boss listening at my door, using a fake name for job hunting, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I caught my boss listening at my door. I have been a manager for more than 20 years. I started at a new company about three months ago. About a week and a half ago, I was having a meeting with my team of two in my office.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 2, 2023

This post, update: should I tell a recruiter about the unprofessional CEO I interviewed with? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the final day of “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, where I’ve been updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer wondering whether to tell a recruiter about the unprofessional CEO they interviewed with (#2 at the link)?

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 5, 2023

This post, can I get my coworker to stop using awful corporate jargon? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I was reading NPR and caught this amusing article on banned words , as in the annoying slang/jargon/buzzwords (ugh, “buzzwords”) that people are painfully sick of hearing. It made me think of a coworker who has a deep addiction to the word “touch-base,” substituting it for “meeting” at every conceivable opportunity.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 5, 2023

This post, coworker sent me his racy photography page, do I need to give my coworkers gifts, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. Coworker sent me his photography page — and it’s mostly racy portraits of women. I’m a woman in my late twenties and I work at an entirely remote company of about 250 people, although we get together for events once or twice a year and see each other at trade shows

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 1, 2023

This post, should I organize an all-men beach weekend for my coworkers, asking for time to process things before responding, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m on vacation. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives. 1. Should I organize an all-men beach weekend for my coworkers?

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 4, 2023

This post, I don’t have enough work for my employees , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am the owner of a small business with a small team of three under me. Our work is seasonal, with a very busy period for seven months of the year and little to do for the other five. During the quiet period, I feel a huge amount of stress to create work for the employees to keep them busy.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 2, 2023

This post, updates: coworker signed me up for a racist organization as a joke, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the final day of “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, where I’ve been printing updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. 1. My coworker signed me up for a racist organization as a joke.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 6, 2023

This post, it’s your Friday good news , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s your Friday good news! 1. “This week I took advantage of their line manager’s holiday to pop in on 1:1s for my skip-level junior team and catch up with them (something I don’t get to do often enough with 8 direct reports of my own and C-level strategy responsibilities) including one relatively new hire who has been floundering.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 6, 2023

This post, weekend open thread – Jan. 7-8, 2023 , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: How Lucky , by Will Leitch. A man with a degenerative disease that’s left him unable to speak, or to move without a wheelchair, witnesses a kidnapping outside his door and tries t

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 3, 2023

This post, this is incredible , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. My favorite thing of last week: The fic is absolutely pitch-perfect and completely nails Alison's voice. I have so many friends who are @askamanager fans and ALL OF YOU SHOULD READ THIS, IT'S HILARIOUS. [link]. — Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer@mspsocial.net (@NaomiKritzer) December 26, 2022.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 4, 2023

This post, my boss said my posture is too casual for the office , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: In June, I was really lucky to do a work experience with my state electorate’s representative (I’m not American but I live in a western country). While I certainly got some invaluable experience and built up my skills, I felt like I was treated slightly harshly by my boss, the aforementioned politician.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 5, 2023

This post, are more companies bringing people back to the office? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. In the last couple of months, dozens of tech companies have announced they’re requiring employees to spend more days in the office — including companies that previously had gone “default remote” but now expect people to be on-site at least part of the week.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 2, 2023

This post, updates: the privacy-violating team lead, the intern annoying his coworkers, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the final day of “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, where I’ve been printing updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. 1. Our new team lead is horrible and keeps sharing private details about us with our colleagues (first update here ).

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