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Employee bonus programs: What’s right for your company?

Insperity

A thoughtful, high-value employee bonus program can help make the difference between struggling to recruit and retain talented employees , and having a workplace that employees never want to leave. That’s especially true in job markets that are tilted heavily in favor of job candidates. But before you dive in and implement an employee bonus program, it’s important to consider your options, evaluate what’s best for your company and find what’s most valuable for your people.

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How Workplace Policies Make Scandinavian Countries The Happiest Places On Earth

Wellable

According to some thinkers and theorists, happiness is the only thing people desire. Whether they are seeking food, shelter, or even friendship and love, what they really want in the end is to be happy.

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5 Ways to Use Email for Visitor Management

The Receptionist

What’s the secret to improving your visitor’s experience with your organization? One word: Email. Email is a tool that’s easy to overlook because we’re all so familiar with it. However, you can use email to address new visitor uncertainty, reduce wait times, and improve the overview security in your office. In this article, we’ll highlight the best ways you can use email in conjunction with our visitor management system, The Receptionist for iPad, to improve your vi

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4 Questions That Will Change Your Life

Success

Nothing stands still. Things either get better or they get worse— you are ?getting better or worse. It’s a universal principle starting with the universe itself: that which doesn’t expand, contracts. You are either going forward or backward. Stephen Covey referred to this kind of thinking as sharpening the saw. Just coasting along creates backward momentum and we end up using more effort to accomplish less.

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Outsourcing HR services for your small business: What you need to know

Insperity

At the end of the day, do you experience hefty payroll problems ? Are you losing more employees than ever before? Do you still use spreadsheets to manage things like PTO? Then, it’s probably time to break away from the chaos, outsource your HR administration tasks, and save time and money. But how do you know if a small business HR outsourcing solution is right for you?

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Workers Flock To Freelancing

Wellable

Though often viewed as the less desirable option due to a lack of benefits or job security, freelance or contract work, whereby self-employed individuals sell their services to clients they are not employees of, makes up a considerable percentage of the workforce. According to a survey conducted by freelance platform Upwork, 36% of the labor force freelanced in 2021.

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Stephen MR Covey On How Leaders Can Foster Trust And Inspire Greatness In Those They Lead

Tanveer Naseer

There’s two things I love about hosting my podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. First, I get to fulfill my purpose of helping leaders improve their leadership and become the kind of leader their employees need to succeed. And second, I get to talk with some amazing people about how we can. Click to continue reading.

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6 ways to support the work-life integrators and segmentors on your team

Atlassian

5-Second summary. Work-life balance is highly desired but often elusive, especially for managers trying to accommodate their employees. Most individuals are either work-life segmentors (who strictly separate their professional and personal lives) or work-life integrators (who switch between work and personal tasks throughout the day). Self-awareness of where one falls on the segmentor-integrator spectrum can help individuals (and their managers) identify strategies for achieving the ideal work-l

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The Great Resignation Isn't Over: 5 Tips for Employers with High Turnover

TinyPulse

Months ago you probably heard a lot about the Great Resignation, but recently not nearly as much. High-turnover rates didn't just disappear. Finding it difficult to acquire and retain top talent is still a problem in today's workforce. If your organization is still struggling with employee turnover, you are not alone. Check out our tips on how to retain your top performers: 1) Champion Psychological Safety 2) Encourage Work-Life Balance 3) Help Them Find Their Purpose 4) Invest In Them 5) Ask, L

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Well-being Study: 1 Out of 6 U.S. Employees Flourishing at Work

Great Place to Work

Only 16% of U.S. employees are in a high state of well-being, compared with 58% at the 100 Best Companies to Work For. There are many challenges CEOs are currently grappling with, but there’s arguably one that’s top of mind: How can we stop the revolving door of employee turnover? How can we get employees to like it here? Executive teams have been head-down in meetings in search of those answers.

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3 Ways to Get Better at Dealing with Change

Success

We all know that nothing lasts forever. It’s a fact of life that has guided the evolution of our society since the dawn of time. Without change, there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement. Improvement means moving forward. It means making life better. It doesn’t just occur on the macro level, across time and civilization. It happens to all of us in our individual lives, too.

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10 Thoughtful Ways to Thank Your Admin Team

All Things Admin Blog

Administrative Professionals Week (April 24 – 30, 2022) is an excellent time to show your admin team how much you appreciate their hard work and dedication, especially as they have weathered the global health crisis of the past couple years. Under normal circumstances, we’d encourage you to invest in skills-building training opportunities to thank your admins – and that’s still a fantastic idea!

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Ep 161: Alicia Fairclough – Executive Assistant to Co-Founder at Uncapped and Founder of EA How To

Go Burrows

Alicia Fairclough is Executive Assistant to Asher Ismail, Co-Founder of Uncapped. She is also the Founder of EA How To. In this episode, Alicia shares her story of becoming an executive assistant, why she started EA How To, the power of community, and how to remain productive while working from home. LEADERSHIP QUOTES. It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. – Eleanor Roosevelt.

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9 Employee Well-being Programs From the 100 Best Companies to Work For

Great Place to Work

Real-life examples of employee well-being programs seen at the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Perhaps more than any other aspect of workplace culture, employee well-being requires a holistic approach that focuses on supporting the “whole-person” in each employee. Pause for a moment and think about every aspect of your life where you could use support.

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The Power of ‘Red Threads’ and Discovering Activities You Can Get Lost In

Success

Before you do something, love feels like instinctively wanting to do it. While you are doing something, love feels different. It feels like time speeding up. Have you ever noticed how this feeling called “love” does something strange to this reality called “time?” How, when you are in love with someone, time seems to both speed up and slow down, depending on whether you’re in the presence of the one you love?

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Navigating Increasing Complexity at Work

Eat Your Career

It’s no secret that the working world is more complex today than it’s ever been in the past. Everything is fast-paced, highly advanced, unpredictable and interconnected, which makes your job much more difficult. With so many constantly moving parts to navigate through and around, one wrong move can create an enormous wave of negative ripple impacts!

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Introducing Atlassian Data Lake and Atlassian Analytics

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Over the last few years, the workplace has changed dramatically. Organizations and teams have had to move from in-office to remote to hybrid work fluidly while producing the right outcomes for their customers, investors, and employees. All this has not been easy. Our research has shown that only 17% of teams are healthy , and given Atlassian’s mission is to help unleash the potential of every team, we want to help.

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Which Ruby are you looking for?

Ruby

Oh, hey there! Did you just type “ruby” into your search bar? It’s interesting how one simple word can lead you down multiple internet rabbit holes. Scouring the internet for information is something a lot of people do (myself included). Take my tabs for example. When did I look up Litter-Robots? I don’t even have a cat! Then there’s my search for oceanfront properties in Myrtle Beach.

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How I Use My Journal to Change My Mindset

Success

My journal used to be exactly what you probably picture when you think of a preteen writing in her diary. Pink and floral, it was sealed with a cheap gold lock and a key I kept around my neck. And, if you were to jimmy it open, you would find exactly what you would expect: uneventful days recounted in meticulous detail, confessions of first crushes and frustrations with parents and siblings.

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Is HR the Enemy?

Eat Your Career

I’ve been working in the professional development arena for a long time now. I started my business in 2009, and it’s funny how much has changed—and how much has stayed the same. One thing that has always been true is this: People really mistrust Human Resources. It’s always surprising (though, at this point, it shouldn’t be) just how much people resist the idea that HR might be able to help in certain workplace situations.

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Viva Las Vegas… and Team ’22!

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. What a feeling to be standing on stage once again. This year’s TEAM, we’re coming to you live from Vegas or via our digital experience for those watching along from your office or living room. Thank you to you , our customers and partners, for taking the time out of your day wherever you may be to connect with us.

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People-First Culture Vital to Marriott’s 25-year Run as One of the 100 Best Companies

Great Place to Work

Leaders are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse culture where employees are priority No. 1. In the age of the Great Resignation, every organization should want to know how to become one of the most desired companies to work for. Who better to ask than hospitality giant Marriott International, who’s made the 100 Best Companies to Work For listevery year since its inception 25 years ago?

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In Sales, Stop Saying ‘We’

Success

Think about the way you sell and the way you present your product or service. How many times do you think you use the word we? Likely hundreds. How many times should you use the word we? None. Everything you do or say is in “we” format—especially if you have a marketing department. Does the customer care about you or themselves? Obvious answer. So why do you “we-we” all over them?

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EP 82. The Party’s Over. Our Heads Together Finale Show with Bonnie & Jen – 4/6/22

Bonnie Low-Kramen

What began as a weekly show during the dark days of the pandemic, is now drawing to a close. Wed April 6, 3PM ET is show No. 82 and we are grateful for everyone who tunes in. We may be saying goodbye here, but saying hello on Staff Matters, our new format, on Thurs April 14. Thank you! We welcome you to join us on Staff Matters [link]. Use discount code STAFFMATTERS20 to save 20% #StaffMatters #HeadsTogether #TrainingforAssistants #UltimatePartnership.

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Episode 417: Cameron Herold talks about being The Second in Command

Productivityist

Meetings suck, don’t they? Fellow Canadian Cameron Herold wrote a book with that title. But he knows that they don’t have to suck. During our discussion, Cameron shares with me why meetings don’t have to suck and how to keep them becoming something that sucks. We also talked about a variety of other things during our conversation because Cameron has covered a lot through his body of work.

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The Majority of Employees at the 100 Best Companies to Work For are Flourishing

Great Place to Work

Only 16% of U.S. employees are in a high state of well-being, compared with 58% at the 100 Best Companies to Work For. There are many challenges CEOs are currently grappling with, but there’s arguably one that’s top of mind: How can we stop the revolving door of employee turnover? How can we get employees to like it here? Executive teams have been head-down in meetings in search of those answers.

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Master the 3 Stages of Buying to Win Your Ideal Client 

Success

As a salesperson, you have limited time with clients, even your dream clients whom you can help most and can reap the greatest results from teaming with you. They have limited time (and sometimes, patience) for salespeople, so it’s your mission to create value for them during each sales interaction. Sounds basic enough. But how do you create the kind of value that makes it easy for your clients to move forward with you?

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Introducing Compass: mission control for building software better

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Modern software development is an increasingly complex and collaborative process that involves an ever-increasing number of tools, processes, and responsibilities. Left unchecked, this complexity not only prevents businesses from being agile and productive but also encumbers developers with unnecessary frustration and toil.

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4 ways your website should drive lead generation

Ruby

Photo by MART PRODUCTION In terms of attracting and converting buyers, your website is as important as your business’s physical location. Actually, it’s more important. After all, many, many more people can visit your website than your office, lobby, or storefront at any given time. And there’s virtually no limit on the experiences you can create for those visitors.

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My Journey to TEDx By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Kramen

March, 2022 for Executive Support Magazine. Here’s my behind-the-scenes look at speaking at TEDxRutgersCamden. I didn’t expect to be giving a TEDx talk in 2022. It was not part of my plan or even on my bucket list. That’s how life goes sometimes, with unexpected twists and turns and moments that can change everything. My 14-minute TEDx talk is called “ The Real Reasons People Quit ” and was posted to TED.com on February 25, 2022, but the journey began nearly a year before.

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More Than a Feeling: How ASMR and Meditation Work in Tandem

Success

Does the crunch of a chip make you happy? Does the sound of gentle whispering lull you to sleep? Does the ticking of a clock erase all the built-up tension in your shoulders? If so, it turns out you’re not the only one. If you like to follow the latest mindfulness trends, you’ll have come across the topic of ASMR. ASMR is an acronym for “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response , ” and it describes the tingling, relaxing sensation produced by the scalp and neck when hearing certain sounds. .

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A Very Special Episode: Liam Martin talks about Running Remote

Productivityist

The way the world works has been changed forever over the past few years. There’s no going back to the way things were. It’s all about adapting to the evolved world of work – one that involves remote work no matter which way you slice it. That’s why I’m glad to finally have Liam Martin join me on the podcast. Liam is an avid proponent of remote work and has been published in Forbes, Inc, Mashable, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Wired, and The Wall Street Journal (among many ot

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how much money do you make?

Ask a Manager

This post, how much money do you make? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s hard to get real-world information about what jobs pay. Online salary websites are often inaccurate, and people can get weird when you ask them directly. So let’s take some of the mystery out of salaries. It’s only been a year since our last salary survey, but with so much job churn and changes in the economy, I thought fresher data would be useful.

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Introducing Atlas – your new teamwork directory

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time. – Patrick Lencioni, author of the perennial bestseller, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable” For the past 20 years, we’ve been on a mission to unleash the potential of every team.

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How (and Why) to Get Out of Your Own Way as a Leader

Success

This week on the SUCCESS Line we discuss how listeners can get out of their own way when it comes to leading a business. I’m joined by Todd Foster, who’s served as a coach/consultant for the past nine years. Our conversation focused on four overall areas: how to hire for strengths and weaknesses, using behavioral assessments, how to avoid burnout and how to grow organizations.

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Power, Truth and Symbols in ‘Black Panther’

Success

Welcome back to SUCCESS Movie Rewind , everyone. This is a great week because we have a great movie for you: Black Panther. The 2018 hit Marvel Studios film was more than a superhero movie: It was the first Marvel movie with a Black director, and it quickly became what was then the highest grossing superhero movie of all time in the U.S. My personal experience seeing this film was certainly in line with those accolades.

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Think You’re Ready to Buy a House? Read This First

Success

The housing market in some parts of the country has been intense the last few years and may stay that way for the foreseeable future. The available homes in some markets are usually selling for above market value or need significant and costly repair. While waiting for things to calm down, renting or seeking less conventional housing may be a better option.