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Is your employee quiet quitting? Here’s your action plan

Insperity

Quiet quitting is the popular new Great Resignation -era term for an employee who hasn’t quit (yet), but definitely exists on a spectrum of disengagement. As employees become increasingly fed up with some aspect of their job or company, they may withdraw from others and withhold discretionary effort, instead just doing the bare minimum to get by without attracting too much negative attention.

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Evacuation Drills – does anyone actually take them seriously?

The Office Management Group

During my time as an Office Manager, I’ve seen (oddly) many types of evacuation scenarios from fires or false alarms which are pretty typical to flooding (from a ceiling!) It’s probably pretty obvious where this blog will take us in that I am in favour of evacuation drills and ensuring employees, visitors, contractors and those in charge of supporting an evacuation e.g. fire wardens are well versed on what to do, where to go and how to ensure they are safe and sound should anything ever happen.

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6 Common Mistakes Leaders Make About Trust at Work

Great Place to Work

Trust at work is crucial for business operations. So, why do so many organizations get it so wrong? The concept of trust — particularly in the workplace — is deceptively simple. What is trust at work? It’s a measure of relationships, how one group (employees) feels valued and understood by another (management). The presence of trust indicates healthy workplace culture , as well as a host of benefits to the organization, from resilience and innovation to stock market success.

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The 3 Best Careers For Those With Good Leadership Skills

Tanveer Naseer

Over time, you’ve been routinely told that you have the makings of a good leader. Now, you’re hoping to secure a position that places you in this certain field. There are many jobs that put your leadership skills to the test. Due to the sheer amount of careers you can. Click to continue reading.

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Hiring in a crisis: 10 strategies for uncertain times

Insperity

As a business leader today, you may find yourself hiring in a crisis such as a(n): Economic recession. Political or social unrest. Natural disaster. Pandemic. Some other unexpected disruption to the marketplace, your industry or your individual company. When an economic, social, or really any marketplace uncertainty is taking place, it’s less often an isolated, short-term event.

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Why We Should Be Doing Our DSE Assessments

The Office Management Group

As a qualified DSE Assessor, I am a huge advocate of carrying out DSE (display screen equipment) assessments and ensuring that each and every employee within a company has the opportunity to have one. Or, at the very least to carry out a self-assessment following a brief training session / guide or eLearning tool which is the legal requirement in the UK under the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) in the Display Screen Regulations 1992.

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How I Became a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

Success

BEEP BEEP BEEP. For years I dreaded the sound of my morning alarm. It represented so much that was wrong with my life. I’d have to end whatever great dream I was having, put on clothes I didn’t like, go out into the world bleary-eyed and stand in a cramped train with a hundred other people who would also rather be anywhere else. I am a night owl, born and bred.

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Is your employee quiet quitting? Here’s your action plan

Insperity

Quiet quitting is the popular new Great Resignation -era term for an employee who hasn’t quit (yet), but definitely exists on a spectrum of disengagement. As employees become increasingly fed up with some aspect of their job or company, they may withdraw from others and withhold discretionary effort, instead just doing the bare minimum to get by without attracting too much negative attention.

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7 Employee Engagement Tips From The Happiest Organizations

TinyPulse

HR leaders of 2022 carry a huge responsibility of engaging their workforce between burnout, "the great resignation", "quiet quitting", and much more. Because employee engagement is such a huge feat, we like to recognize our TINYpulse customers that are succeeding in this area. Although investing in TINYpulse, in general, is something to be proud of, these organizations are implementing engagement initiatives and seeing exceptional impacts.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

Success

Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Although she wasn’t a big spender, her story speaks to how debt can sneak into the lives of even those who earn good money. This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances.

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How To Lead Global Teams As A PA

The Assistant Room

Businesses today are relying on a geographically diverse workforce to flourish within the global economy. They can cherry-pick talent from a competitive global pool – bringing together the greatest experience as well as local market knowledge. Thus, enabling them to successfully function and compete in today’s global economic market. As a PA or EA consider taking some of the following actions to help bridge the gaps that come with leading a team that is both geographically and culturally diverse

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How To Plan an Inclusive Office Party

Great Place to Work

Your company holiday party is an opportunity to show employees that you appreciate them and to strengthen your culture— but only if all employees feel included in the celebration. Planning an inclusive holiday party can be trickier than it might seem. For starters, not all employees celebrate the same holidays. Some might not even celebrate the holiday season at all.

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Problems at Twitter, grease proof chairs, and the trouble with AI

Workplace Insight

The level of layoffs at several Big Tech firms has been the main source of news and comment over the past week or two. Around 11,000 people at Facebook and another 7,500 at Twitter are to be made redundant. Elon Musk then ensured the conversation moved on by forbidding remote work completely. This is a blasphemous act in the era of wars for talent, great resignations and quiet quittings , and inevitably he has been roundly denounced for it.

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10 Thoughtful Ways to Give Thanks to Your People

Success

“Thank you.”. It’s a simple phrase, short and sweet. But how often does it actually come out of your mouth? It’s kind of surprising how hard it really is to make saying “thank you” something that comes naturally instead of another item on your to-do list. Except it is hard. It can slip your mind. You’re not sure how to say it, or show it. And sometimes it feels awkward (complimenting—giving and receiving—doesn’t come easily to everyone).

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46 Amazing Recipes For Thanksgiving Potluck In Office

Vantage Circle

The first image that comes to mind when we think of Thanksgiving is of a delicious, comforting, and (sometimes) extravagant feast. A full table laden with several courses of delicious delicacies with the turkey at its center. For a holiday centered around food, what better way to celebrate this day than by hosting a Thanksgiving potluck at the workplace?

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Mindfulness at Work Is a Business Imperative: 4 Ways to Practice It

Great Place to Work

Why this CEO has made it a business imperative—and why you should consider it, too. The past few years have been a rollercoaster ride for people and business, given seismic world events, socio political upheaval, and of course, the pandemic. Although anger, fear, and grief have always been present in the workplace, the pandemic has left people feeling even more vulnerable, anxious, and exhausted, overwhelmed by anticipation of what could be around the corner.

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Summing up where the office now stands in the scheme of things

Workplace Insight

The argument about what it takes to encourage people to come into the office more often seems to have boiled down to an equation. It’s now common to hear somebody argue that the office has to be worth the commute it takes to get to it. So, if you want people to spend more time in the building, you need to do the maths. O must be greater than or equal to C.

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Adapting to Change in Your Entrepreneurial Journey with Mike Evans

Success

What do you do when the goals no longer align with the effort? You change direction. Mike Evans, founder of GrubHub, did just that. After years of running one of the most renowned food delivery services, Evans left the company, took a bike ride across the country and pivoted in an entirely new direction. In this episode, he tells Brilliant Thoughts host Tristan Ahumada why we shouldn’t be ashamed to quit and how to define what success means to us.

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Combat Working in Silos with Microsoft Teams and Vantage Rewards

Vantage Circle

In the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, technology came into play to connect people caught indoors. The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way we live, think, and socialize with one another. Classrooms became silent, and offices turned into abandoned workplaces. People began relying on technology for work, education, communication, and sustaining relationships with loved ones.

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6 Ways To Improve Your Business Finances

Tanveer Naseer

Being successful in business means also being successful with finances. Too many businesses go under not because they were bad businesses, but because they made unwise financial decisions that snowballed over time. If you want to create a business that stands the test of time, you’ll need to do things. Click to continue reading.

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Disability pay gap rises despite greater awareness and efforts of campaigners

Workplace Insight

Non-disabled employees now earn around 17.2 percent more on average than disabled workers in 2022, an increase from the 16.5 percent disability pay gap last year, according to analysis published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The research suggests that the disability pay gap for 2022 was £2.05 an hour, or £3,731 per year for those working a 35-hour week.

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5 Reasons Behind the Meteoric Rise of Pickleball

Success

In 2016, Randy Sussman’s job transferred him from Las Vegas to Florida. He arrived in Marco Island in the state’s southwest corner knowing nobody. He was bored and spent nights alone at home eating ice cream, until one day he saw a news report about a pickleball tournament to be held in nearby Naples. It was the inaugural U.S. Open Pickleball Championships.

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Ep 192: Beth Mickelson on Persevering Through Challenging Times

Go Burrows

Beth Mickelson has been an assistant for over 20 years in a variety of industries including law, healthcare, environmental services and construction. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast , Beth shares her story of perseverance and encourages assistants to remain professional no matter the circumstances. LEADERSHIP QUOTE. Treat employees like they make a difference and they will. – Jim Goodnight.

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The Key To Creating Office Spaces For Everyone: Design With Neurodiversity In Mind

All Work

Workplaces are more accessible than ever but creating a space where everyone can thrive requires a more holistic approach, including subtle elements of design. The business case for inclusive design is pivotal — these spaces not only attract the best talent in the industry, but they offer a sense of belonging for all employees and help get the best from them.

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The new Fern family from Bisley offers stylish storage solutions that feel like home

Workplace Insight

Fern is a new range of freestanding cabinets designed especially for the home by storage experts Bisley. With stylish utility at its core, the colourful capsule collection is elegant, flexible, functional and full of personality. The range, which is designed and made in Britain, reinvents traditional home storage formats of tallboys, linen presses, larder cupboards, credenzas and bed- or sofa-side cabinets in a no-nonsense, timeless aesthetic of hand-folded, vented sustainable steel.

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Bringing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into the Workplace with Dr. Tina Opie

Success

It’s important to be an ally to marginalized groups, but it’s even better to be a co-conspirator. This week, researcher, consultant and author Tina Opie, Ph.D., joins On Your Terms host Erin King to talk about the real meaning of diversity, equity and inclusion and how they each play a role in the workplace. She also discusses why you should surface your assumptions about diversity and restructure your organization in a way that makes your full support for each and every employee evi

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my manager told me that my male coworkers earn $40-60K more than I do

Ask a Manager

This post, my manager told me that my male coworkers earn $40-60K more than I do , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Last week I accepted a job offer with a new company, where my base salary will be 50% more than I currently make. This is a huge pay increase! And it is also an exciting opportunity! I told my current manager the news today.

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WYWO: The business of acronyms

Ruby

If you’ve had your heart broken, you know just how scary those three little words can be. And if you’ve ever owned an SMB, you know how terrifying those three big letters can feel. But those aren’t the only ones. Whether you’re worried about the ROI of your current PPC campaign, or what your P&L will look like by EOW, the number of initialisms in your inbox can leave you wanting to head permanently OOO.

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Workplace wellbeing remains a neglected issue for many firms

Workplace Insight

Two in five businesses have either cut or maintained workplace wellbeing budgets despite growing pressures on their staff, according to a new report. Faced with stressors such as the cost-of-living crisis, political uncertainty, and the ‘return to work’ post-Covid, just 16 percent of directors and risk practitioners said their wellbeing budgets had seen a significant increase.

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How to Inspire Creativity on a Deadline

Success

I have discovered the best ideas come to me at the most random times: in the shower, brushing my teeth, walking in the woods and in the middle of the night. Experts talk about the benefits of productive procrastination , which is a fancy way to say that when you are working on a big project, your mind needs time to wander. But what do you do when you can’t afford the luxury of letting an epiphany occur when it’s ready?

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my boss wants to know what the private appointments on my calendar are

Ask a Manager

This post, my boss wants to know what the private appointments on my calendar are , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: The norm at my org, like many, is to keep your calendar updated so that meetings can be scheduled without doing the “Are you available at X time?” dance. Because of this, I include non-work appointments on my calendar, and I typically mark them as “private.

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Episode 448: Tiago Forte talks about Building a Second Brain

Productivityist

On this episode, I’m joined by Tiago Forte. . He is the author of Building a Second Brain, a Proven Method to Organize your Digital Life and Unlock your Creative Potential. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on productivity and has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness.

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Cost of living forcing people to seek out sources of extra income

Workplace Insight

Workers are looking for new jobs, asking for extra shifts, or taking on side hustles to make ends meet as everyday expenses eat up a bigger chunk of their pay cheques. A new Qualtrics study claims that 77 percent of workers say it’s harder to pay for their living expenses than it was a year ago. In the UK, inflation recently rose above 10 percent for the second time this year amid soaring food prices.

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4 Important Truths of Lasting Professional Relationships

Success

Some days it feels like we’re in constant communication, flooded by a nonstop stream of status updates and tweets and three-word questions: “What’s ur eta?”. You’d think we would be closer than ever. But more messages do not equal deeper relationships. Don’t get me wrong, my staff pushed me on the social media bandwagon a long time ago, and I’m glad for it.

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Growing businesses: Is now the right time to invest in frontline support? 

Ruby

Small business owners: we’ve got good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first? Note: because we haven’t quite perfected our blog response technology, we’re going to go ahead and start with good news. Overall, jobs are still up in 2022 , even with all the rumors and speculation of a recession looming over our heads. Now onto the bad news… Most of those jobs are with large businesses (companies with 500+ employees).

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Digital Fax for Healthcare: 5 Reasons to Ditch Your Old Fax Machine Today

Kareo

Fax machines are a relic of the past, seldom seen in the office anymore. Yet, faxing remains a mainstay in healthcare, the last remaining bastion of an outdated technology. Innovations in digital fax are quickly changing the landscape in medical communications, offering important benefits to practices everywhere. Why do healthcare practices still use fax?

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Two thirds of employees are now worried about paying for essentials

Workplace Insight

As real time pay fails to keep up with rising costs and soaring inflation, employees are increasingly anxious about their financial situation. And employers are failing to keep up according to a new survey from Personio. The poll suggests that over two thirds (69 percent) of employees are worried or stressed about their ability to pay for essentials if the economy worsens over the coming months.