Insperity

JANUARY 24, 2023

In a world of remote work, it’s only natural that there would be increased interest in virtual health care. But, the value of a virtual care option goes beyond a fad and should be considered if you’re actively evaluating how to improve your health care benefits offerings for employees. What is virtual health care? Virtual care allows employees to access the health care system and other health-promoting resources remotely via computers, tablets and smartphones.

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Insurance Networking Finance Controlling 259

Success

JANUARY 25, 2023

Goal-setting theory describes the mechanisms that best engage and motivate employees. It implies tactics you can use to increase productivity on your team or throughout your organization. These tactics include setting goals that are specific and realistic yet challenging. Best practices in goal setting also require a completion date for a project. Milestones with due dates for smaller tasks that are part of that goal also motivate your teams.

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Software Communication Decision Making Planning 144

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 25, 2023

Over the past several months I’ve had some interesting conversations with leaders who attended one of my keynotes or workshops. In particular, what was noteworthy was this common thread underlining each of these conversations. Whether it was a middle-level manager or an executive from the C-suite, in each of these interactions I couldn’t help but note the sense of self-doubt these leaders expressed about their continued ability to lead.

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Leadership 136

The Receptionist

JANUARY 23, 2023

It’s a crazy world out there. And while most people are well-meaning and have good intentions, that’s not the story for everyone. Nefarious individuals hide behind every corner, ready to pounce when you’re not expecting it. But that’s precisely your job: Expect the unexpected, prepare for the worst, and protect your environment.

Security 130

Security Software Customer Service Controlling 130

All Work

JANUARY 24, 2023

Organizations tend to take a virtual-first, function-first or culture-first approach to hybrid working. Visioning workshops and ecosystem mapping can help employers figure out their approach and refine it. Office space utilization can help make or break an organization’s bottom line and its ability to retain talent. Hybrid working has become much more common for desk-based businesses, but how does a business owner know if their employees are happy with the arrangement?

Real Estate 126

Real Estate Creativity Planning Flexibility 126

Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

So you think you’re creative? We’re going to guess you do. In an informal poll, we asked friends, family members and neighbors the same question, and the results were unanimous: A retired accountant: yes. The barista at a favorite local coffee shop: yes. A neuroscience researcher: yes. A dog walker: yes. The across-the-hall neighbor, a photographer and a stay-at-home parent: yes.

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Creativity Problem-Solving Influencing Teamwork 137

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 23, 2023

The latest Workplace Survey from the Gensler Research Institute sets out to explore how employees are spending their time as they return to the office, how offices can more successfully support them, and the strategic design interventions that will have the biggest impact on the workplace experience. As companies consider the future of their workplaces, the new data suggests that U.S. employees are looking for offices that are both highly effective and offer a desirable mix of experiences.

Technology 98

Technology Decision Making Creativity Learning 98

Vantage Circle

JANUARY 23, 2023

They are problem solvers, multi-talented, multi-skilled, and ready for a wide range of challenges. They distinguish themselves not just by excelling at a certain few areas but rather by their versatility. They are the Chief Experience Officers (CXO). If you are one of those aiming to hire a CXO, here are some details that should help you. Customer and employee experience are two of the most powerful factors in business.

Technology 81

Technology Creativity Communication Influencing 81

Success

JANUARY 24, 2023

Think before you speak. Seems obvious, doesn’t it? After all, there are some things a good leader and boss should never say to an employee. But, be real, do you actually thing before speaking? No? Then shhh! There are some things you should never be caught saying—especially if you call yourself a leader. Because you have the power to influence people , you’ve got to choose the right words.

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Teamwork Influencing Coaching Networking 130

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 26, 2023

Bisley is to present its first ever showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair (7-11 February 2023), illustrating the multitude of innovative ways in which the brand’s collections can support and enhance home working. Organised in four zones, the stand will focus on key products which tell the story of Bisley’s wide-ranging expertise in designing and manufacturing office furniture solutions, at home and in the workplace.

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Manufacturing Sales Creativity 98

Backbone Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

An Interview with Alanna Disque, Executive Assistant, West Monroe and Winner of the 2022 Dallas Fort Worth Admin Awards Spirit Award What is your current job title and company? What does your company do? I am an Executive Assistant at West Monroe, a digital services firm. Our motto is ‘Don’t do digital, be digital!’ West Monroe partners with Fortune 1000 companies in multiple industries such as financial services, private equity, consumer & industrial products, energy & utilities, health

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Interviewing Healthcare Mentoring Software 52

Productivityist

JANUARY 25, 2023

In this episode of A Productive Conversation, I sit down with Canadian business growth guru Cameron Herold to discuss the concept of the “second in command.” Cameron is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth and has earned his reputation as the business growth guru. He is the author of six books – including The Second in Command – an international speaker, and the founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in

Networking 52

Networking Interviewing 52

Success

JANUARY 21, 2023

Do you get nervous before speaking in public ? You take the stage, scan the crowd and suddenly realize that you haven’t practiced as much as you should have—but there’s nothing you can do now. And that’s when the butterflies kick into high gear. We’ve all been there. Job interviews are no different. The more insight you have into your position and the company you’re interviewing for, the more poised you’ll be during your talk with the hiring manager.

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Interviewing Networking Banking Consulting 118

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over four in five (83 percent) HR professionals across the UK say that hybrid working is essential in attracting the best talent, according to a new survey from flexible workspace operator IWG. The poll of 500 UK HR professionals suggests that benefits like hybrid working, which give employees a better work/life balance, are crucial for attracting talent.

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Flexibility Flexibility Reporting 98

Robertson Cooper

JANUARY 23, 2023

Professor Sir Cary Cooper discusses beating burnout and how to keep the fire burning following the shock resignation of New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.

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Go Burrows

JANUARY 22, 2023

Irina Totok has over four years of executive assistant experience supporting executives in the c-suite. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Irina talks about travel planning and making the impossible possible. One of my favorite quotes from Irina during our conversation was this – “If something isn’t in the calendar, it isn’t in their life.

Planning 52

Planning Sales Leadership Coaching 52

Success

JANUARY 27, 2023

What are the characteristics and skills of a good entrepreneur ? What’s the “it” factor that makes for a great entrepreneur? To be a basketball star, it’s likely that you would need to be extremely tall, fast, athletic and have real chops. But for someone studying entrepreneurship and business, the qualities of a great entrepreneur are more abstract and elusive.

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Sales 111

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 23, 2023

In 2022, Cormac McCarthy published two novels at the age of 89. An impressive feat, doubly so because he wrote them on the same old dead tech typewriter he’d bought from a pawn shop in 1963. He no longer has the original, a light blue Olivetti Lettera 32, because that was sold at a charity auction for a quarter of million dollars in 2009. A friend replaced it with an identical model for just $11.

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Equipment Technology Creativity 15

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 25, 2023

This post, sharing a hotel room with a coworker when I snore, should I lie about how many cats I have, 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’m sharing a hotel room with a coworker but I snore I started a new job a week ago, working remotely. A week from now, everyone in my organization is attending the big annual conference in our state for our industry.

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Coaching Insurance Training Planning 46

Minding the Workplace

JANUARY 25, 2023

I’m happy to share that here in Massachusetts, the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB) has been reintroduced in the new, 2023-24 session of the Massachusetts legislature. We are delighted that Sen. Paul Feeney (D-Bristol & Norfolk), a stalwart voice for workers, is again the lead sponsor. The HWB permits targets of severe workplace bullying to seek damages in court and creates liability-reducing incentives for employers to act preventively and responsively towards bullying behaviors a

Legal 29

Legal 29

Success

JANUARY 25, 2023

You know those people, the ones who are proficient at their job. But, if you’re being completely honest, they’re no rock stars. Yet, somehow, they always seem to get promoted—and it irks you because you know you’re better at the job than they are. They just might be more likeable. Here’s the thing. It is not that we are doing something wrong; it is simply human nature to be driven by a primal need for connection.

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Sales Promotion 111

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 27, 2023

The ThinkingWall Divider range from Logovisual is a collection of sleek, stable mobile dividing walls featuring web connected AV technology, drywipe surface and storage. The units are large enough to work alone or in pairs as a divider, but easy to move around to reconfigure space. Use ThinkingWall Dividers to split larger areas with no need for any floor or ceiling mounting.

Technology 52

Technology Computer Flexibility Flexibility 52

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 25, 2023

This post, my last company was horrible — how do I save other people from it? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I recently started a new job and escaped my previous job. The previous job was for a CEO who fancies himself a LinkedIn influencer and life coach. His actual business is a for-profit tech company.

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Networking Influencing Coaching Interviewing 42

Success

JANUARY 26, 2023

Public speaking can be a terrifying experience —it’s certainly something many people have been nervous about at some point in their life. Getting up on that stage, you suddenly have flashbacks to that fifth-grade book report you didn’t prepare for. You can learn how to speak in public and give presentations without fear —it just takes time and these expert tips. 6 Tips for public speaking Here are my tips to become a better public speaker to get you started: 1.

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Cleaning Security Reporting Planning 111

Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

When I was in seventh grade, I got beat up by a skinny little girl with an umbrella. To make that picture perfectly clear, I’m saying a girl about three-eighths my size took her umbrella and beat the ever-living crap out of me with it. In front of people. It was a Hello Kitty umbrella, to add insult to minor injuries. It seemed a little immature to bring a Hello Kitty umbrella to school at that age, but I was in no position to judge.

Government 111

Government Controlling Learning 111

Success

JANUARY 22, 2023

Trust is valuable. It affects everything. Being a trustworthy person is one of those things which is necessary in order to go far in life and to achieve your greatest success. Before starting my own company, I worked in the security and investigations industry for 20 years, and I learned that trust isn’t something you can gain quickly. It’s something earned over a period of time, after consistently being honest, always acting with integrity and never misleading those around you.

Security 111

Security Decision Making Learning 111

Success

JANUARY 25, 2023

Have you heard? Don’t tell anyone, but… I really shouldn’t say anything, but did you know… This stays between us… Miss Manners might clutch her pearls at the idea of this decorum-shattering habit, but gossip isn’t always in poor form. While it is mainly talk about someone who isn’t present, it doesn’t always have to carry a negative connotation. Is 2023 the year you’ve vowed to elevate your workplace etiquette?

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Mailing Consulting Coaching Leadership 109

Success

JANUARY 26, 2023

KC Davis struggled with being messy most of her life. Even though she lacked systems for organizing her home, she found ways to function. However, things changed dramatically after she had her second child during the pandemic. “My ability to shoot from the hip without systems didn’t work anymore,” says Davis, a licensed professional therapist and the author of How to Keep House While Drowning.

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Cleaning Decision Making Consulting Coaching 108

Success

JANUARY 26, 2023

Do you talk too much in conversations? Maybe you’re prone to interrupting. Or are you a one-upper? It could even be that you can’t stop looking at your phone every three seconds. We all have one—a bad conversation habit. We asked the Young Entrepreneur Council for their opinions on the most off-putting things entrepreneurs and self-starters do in conversations.

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Communication Planning 105

Success

JANUARY 21, 2023

According to psychological research , the anticipation or imagining of a future event can impact how we feel about ourselves and the outcome of the event, at least for a short period of time. The dread of asking your boss for a raise can be paralyzing, but once you convince yourself to finally do it, it’s over before you know it. The excitement of attaining some object or objective can become obsessive, but shortly after you obtain your desire, you’re bored and in search of something else.

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Controlling Learning Planning 105

Success

JANUARY 24, 2023

In 2005 I was confident. I had just appeared on the Today show to promote my first nonfiction book, an account of how my life was transformed by sacrificing some little luxuries. Just six months before, I had made a major career change , leaving my position as a marketing director at a publishing company to start my own business and begin a writing career.

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Purchasing Promotion Training Controlling 105

Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

Q: I’m on the road a lot. Between conferences and sales meetings and team meetings, my routine feels like anything but. How can I balance the needs of my business with the calm of a routine ? A: In my early years as a real estate agent in Bellingham, Washington, life moved faster than I could keep up with. Between marketing, showings, closings, parenting, eating good food, moving my body, continuing education and all the things in between, any concept of self-care felt foreign or forced.

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Real Estate Controlling Sales Food 102

Success

JANUARY 27, 2023

Anne Grady’s journey toward resilience started with her son, Evan, who is now 19 years old. She knew something wasn’t right even before he was born. After his delivery, the nurse said she had never met a baby that angry—not what a first-time parent wants to hear. Evan cried constantly, and when he was 11 months old, Grady enrolled him in therapy; when he was 18 months old, his father, Grady’s husband, left.

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Transportation Government Prioritization Learning 102

Success

JANUARY 25, 2023

Science fiction books and movies of the past drew vivid pictures of today: flying cars, cities on the moon, robots in every household. The internet thinks George Jetson was born in July 2022 , which would suggest we are living in that Jetson future. Although no one is cruising past Floor 102 of the Empire State Building in a flying taxicab, some of those visions aren’t too far off; Some are actually realities.

Software 101

Software Sales Consulting Creativity 101

Success

JANUARY 22, 2023

In 1996 Anne Marie Scharer found herself seated behind a large screen, French horn in hand. She was auditioning for her dream job—a full-time position with New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. For weeks, her friends had helped her prepare by shouting out random requests from a required playlist. To summon the proper mood for each piece, Scharer had scrawled words like “tranquil” and “heroic” on the sheet music.

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Computer Consulting Coaching Sales 100

Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

It’s been said that “two heads are better than one.” But what about four? Or even eight? While you and your fellow employees might share common goals, more collaboration doesn’t always mean the team will be successful. Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen (or collaboration overload) can slow the process, reduce efficiency and derail engagement.

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Success

JANUARY 27, 2023

Finding the best budgeting app for you can be tricky since there are multiple options, and each is slightly different. Often appearing on lists of the best budgeting apps, Mint is one of the most popular and easy-to-use apps available. Mint can help you track your spending and income, alert you to fees or interest and even help you set goals like paying down debt or increasing your emergency fund.

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Finance Banking Security Reporting 97