Insperity

APRIL 19, 2022

Yes, you can have it all: empathy and performance. Leaders’ minds often toggle between focusing on business needs and tending to employees. Yet, there’s more overlap between leading with empathy and executing on goals than many of us realize. Leaders really can do both without one being at the expense of the other. This article will show you how. Read on to: Get recharged with the many valuable reasons to show empathy as a leader.

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Problem-Solving Prioritization Learning Planning 264

Wellable

APRIL 20, 2022

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives are essential for correcting historical injustices, improving marginalized groups’ well-being both in and out of the workplace, and optimizing organizational performance.

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Leadership 246

The Receptionist

APRIL 18, 2022

So you’re ready to take the next step into modernizing your visitor management experience and would like to introduce a visitor management system to your office. Now what? How do you physically arrange your office to make way for a digital receptionist kiosk? And how do you set up the kiosk and the rest of your office so that it’s optimized for your visitors?

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Success

APRIL 20, 2022

My friends thought I was insane. I had worked incredibly hard to land the opportunity to anchor two national newscasts at CBS News. Every morning, more than 1 million people tuned in for their daily dose of current events from me, Michelle Gielan. But the content was so negative, I realized I didn’t want a little kid walking through the room while I was doing my job.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 22, 2022

Leadership is often defined by attributes like vision, charisma, presence of mind, and determination. Health is rarely mentioned. However, this is yet another powerful quality that makes great leaders. Robust health is essential for any leader who wants to excel. Leaders should be able to think clearly and make quick. Click to continue reading.

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Leadership 126

Wellable

APRIL 18, 2022

In their 2022 Work Index Report , Microsoft uncovered a significant shift in how employees balance work and well-being. The majority of respondents stated they are more likely to prioritize well-being over work than they were before the pandemic.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 18, 2022

Recently, I’ve seen some discussion around the topic of the traditional two-week notice period given when you quit a job. Some folks are saying it’s no longer necessary. Some argue it is. So, as a career coach, I wanted to weigh in on the topic and offer my professional opinion. Simply put: YES, of course a notice period is necessary! In the US, two weeks is standard.

Legal 105

Legal Coaching 105

Workplace Insight

APRIL 22, 2022

Do organisations truly understand how their people work? A big question that needed some unpacking and was explored at a recent Workplace Evolutionaries event, led by Tim Allen and Mark Eltringham. This is raw audio from the event so includes a brief chat about dogs and some other stuff. It explored aspects of how to encourage organisations to explore their understanding in more detail; how questions around productivity (personal and organisational) can hinder that exploration and set you on a d

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Decision Making Creativity Controlling Flexibility 98

Productivityist

APRIL 20, 2022

I’ve always wanted to interview a football player for the podcast. Thanks to Adrienne Smith , I got my chance. Now this conversation was recorded before the Bengals had their stellar run to Super Bowl LVI, so when I talk about my football fandom you’ll find that I’m not as elated about my team compared to where they’re at now.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 17, 2022

If you lived through the nightmare that 2020 was, you know that doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers are nothing short of heroes. However, there is another well-known reality that most healthcare leaders choose to overlook. Employee engagement in healthcare industry is possibly at an all-time low. If you are thinking about how employee engagement has anything to do with providing quality healthcare, here are a few stats for you: According to a study , a small (1%) increase in employee e

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Healthcare Planning Prioritization Influencing 94

Success

APRIL 20, 2022

Being in real estate comes with natural ebbs and flows, as with many industries. But for anyone who was around in 2008, life was really, really good—until it wasn’t. In 2008, I was running one of the top teams in the country. Part of that was understanding the growing role of the internet and how it could generate warm leads. We had top real estate portals in Nashville, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; Bellingham, Washington; and Seattle.

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Real Estate Technology Security Training 119

All Work

APRIL 21, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, our collective yearning for the return to a pre-pandemic “normalcy” has only ever seemed to drift further from our grasp. Now, work is hybrid and flexible, which brings a mix of hospitality-rich amenities and broadcast studio capabilities to the workplace. John Sadlon of Perkins&Will walks us through this period of adaptive exploration.

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Bonnie Low-Kramen

APRIL 22, 2022

The Art of Negotiating Salary. Podcaster Barion McQueen interviews workplace expert Bonnie Low-Kramen about negotiating salaries in an April, 2022 conversation for the Everyday Game Changers Podcast. The post Everyday Game Changers Podcast: Navigating the Different Challenges of the Workplace with Barion McQueen interviewing Bonnie Low-Kramen appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 21, 2022

Sabbatical leaves are a difficult but necessary move to help demotivated employees get their lives on track. Working professionals in today's world have little or no time to pursue their passions. They are at the point of burnout when they realize that they have neglected their holistic well-being for the longest time. Sabbatical leaves can help you give your employees the much needed work-life balance.

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Success

APRIL 17, 2022

I’m new to this editor-in-chief thing. I wasn’t expecting the promotion when it came—partially because, like so many other women, I had undervalued my growth and contributions. Since then, life has felt like a collection of “figure it out” moments all strung together. From learning how to effectively communicate with a team of diverse personalities and backgrounds to understanding when collaboration becomes too focused on meetings and not on the work itself.

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Learning Food Promotion Communication 111

Ruby

APRIL 19, 2022

The first step towards helping consumers find your business is implementing a strategic search engine optimization (SEO) plan. After all, when more people can find you, more people will do business with you! However, SEO can be complicated to understand and seemingly has a language all its own. No question, it can be very intimidating for a small business owner to formulate and implement an SEO plan, especially while juggling the other myriad tasks related to running a business.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 18, 2022

This post, here’s a template to make writing cover letters easier , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I recently received this letter from a reader: I wanted to add another chorus to the thank you’s for your straightforward cover letter advice. I am a reasonably strong and fast writer, but for some reason always used to get futzed over a cover letter.

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Problem-Solving Customer Service Healthcare Cleaning 62

Vantage Circle

APRIL 18, 2022

As we are an employee engagement platform , keeping our employees happy is a big part of our company culture. That includes many complicated things, but it also consists of some simpler ones, like ensuring that our employees have fun at work. Perhaps this is why we are so enthusiastic about celebrating National Fun At Work Day in a way that our entire team approves of.

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Creativity Food Planning 77

Success

APRIL 18, 2022

Shaquille O’Neal has been a lot of things: A four-time NBA champion, a 15-time All-Star selection, a movie star, a businessman, a rapper and DJ, an analyst on TV, an ubiquitous corporate spokesperson, even a police officer. But there’s one thing he insists he is not: a celebrity. Like a prince giving up his royal title, he says he’s renounced his celebrity status.

Real Estate 109

Real Estate Security Coaching Insurance 109

TinyPulse

APRIL 19, 2022

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 19, 2022

This post, clients hire me to edit their books and then get angry about my feedback , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m a freelance editor who enjoys the freedom of taking on projects that I get to choose and working my own schedule. I work regularly and finding work is not my issue — it’s the feeling of being burnt out by my clients.

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Construction Creativity Interviewing 60

Vantage Circle

APRIL 18, 2022

Gaslighting is one of the forms of psychological abuse in which someone tries to gain power and influence over you by making you doubt yourself. When it comes to relationships or politics, we use the term "gaslight" quite frequently. But what about gaslighting at work? Is it possible to manipulate someone to that extent in a professional setting?

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Success

APRIL 18, 2022

PLANO, Texas, April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)— SUCCESS magazine , the leading voice in the field of personal and professional development for 125 years, hits newsstands today with a cover story featuring Shaquille “Shaq” O’Neal and highlighting the NBA legend’s success on and off the court. The May/June issue illuminates what drove the iconic athlete in his meteoric basketball career as well as his second act in business and endorsement entrepreneurialism.

Learning 102

Learning 102

Minding the Workplace

APRIL 18, 2022

Dear readers, if you’d like to learn more about workplace bullying from leading researchers and subject-matter experts, then check out Dr. Gary Namie’s Workplace Bullying Podcast ( link here ). Here’s how Gary describes the series: This podcast showcases the reality of workplace bullying and abusive conduct and related phenomena from the dark side of the world of work and society.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 20, 2022

This post, my boss called a mysterious meeting with me and I’m afraid I’m going to be fired , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I sometimes correspond privately with people who send me letters. I’m sharing this exchange (with the writer’s permission) because it’s something lot of people worry about. The initial letter: Hi Alison, I’ve been getting great feedback from my boss lately.

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Go Burrows

APRIL 17, 2022

AmyJo Short – or “AJ” – as her colleagues know her, has been an executive assistant in Northern California for over twenty years. She is currently the executive assistant to Carmen Castaldi, president of Rodney Strong Wine Estates. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, AJ talks about how she became an assistant, tips for new assistants, and advice on event planning and coordination.

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Ruby

APRIL 21, 2022

I got 127 emails yesterday. I’d be lying to you if I said I read all those messages. And I’d be lying if I told you each was worth reading. The fact is that we all receive more emails than we have time for. And yet many of us also contribute to the noise in others’ inboxes. We send emails that don’t adequately take our recipients’ needs into consideration—and get ignored, archived, or even deleted on sight as a result.

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Sales Small Business Communication 52

Ask a Manager

APRIL 19, 2022

This post, should you turn on an out-of-office message when you’re away for a few hours? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work for a medium-sized office, managing a small team; this team interacts with other internal staffers, primarily on non-urgent matters. Right now, leadership is brainstorming how and when it is most appropriate to use an out-of-office message.

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Communication Flexibility Flexibility Leadership 48

Ask a Manager

APRIL 21, 2022

This post, employee is too focused on typos, can I put my cat’s TikTok account on my resume, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My employee is too focused on typos. I am a new manager with a new employee who is a couple months in, and she has a habit of calling out my errors.

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Multitasking Training Interviewing Communication 47

Ask a Manager

APRIL 19, 2022

This post, my boss wants to check in with my doctor, employer wants to hear our worst lockdown moments, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss wants to be able to check in with my doctor about me. I recently reported to my managers that I am fighting through a rather difficult health issue that is slightly stigmatized in mainstream culture, due to not being understood well.

Legal 46

Legal Healthcare Insurance Food 46

Ask a Manager

APRIL 17, 2022

This post, my coworker went through my trash, using bereavement leave for a vacation, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My coworker went through my trash and showed my boss my doodles. I work in a law firm and was recently off with Covid. During this time, a coworker (I haven’t been told who) went through my trash bin to find a list of things I had done before leaving (why they looked there I do not know).

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Logistics Interviewing Cleaning Food 46

Ask a Manager

APRIL 18, 2022

This post, religious whataboutism, coworker’s side job is causing problems, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. “But what about MY religious holiday?”. I am a student at a public institution. Earlier in April, a faculty member who heads up our department’s diversity efforts sent an email to the department regarding Ramadan.

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Salary Legal Interviewing Supervising 45

Ask a Manager

APRIL 21, 2022

This post, updates: my coworker won’t take corrections, the swollen face, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My coworker won’t take corrections and blames his mental health. I have an update! Thank you and the commenters so much for the advice on the previous question!

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Cleaning Promotion Food Salary 44

Ask a Manager

APRIL 20, 2022

This post, my employer is pushing a sketchy healthcare app, high-pressure interviewer, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Is my employer pushing a healthcare app as sketchy as it feels? I’ve worked at my company for more than a decade and used the health insurance offered since I started.

Healthcare 44

Healthcare Interviewing Insurance Logistics 44

Ask a Manager

APRIL 21, 2022

This post, my professor wants us to walk into local businesses and ask if we can do a free project for them , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: In two of my classes so far in college, we have been required to divide into groups of students and find a client in the community, usually a small business, nonprofit, or the like, and do a website or other IT, design, or technical communications work for them.

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Project Management Small Business Networking Communication 39

Ask a Manager

APRIL 22, 2022

This post, it’s your Friday good news , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s your Friday good news! 1. “Through the years of reading your site, you’ve constantly said that no one needs to have 100% of the qualifications listed in the job posting in order to apply. In the fall, I finally listened to you, applied for a fantastic position, and was so excited to have an interview!

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 20, 2022

This post, I got in trouble for talking to my coworker about how much money I make , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Recently, I was given feedback from my manager stating they had concerns with confidentiality and discretion when it came to my work. They said it had been brought to their attention that I had shared what my salary was with a team member.

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