Insperity
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Leveraging the latest technology in human resource management can be game changing for your organization, offering immediate benefits like convenient access to HR documents, integrated employee information and powerful workforce analytics. But there are several lesser-known benefits many employers just don’t think about when first considering upgrading their HR technology.
Wellable
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
As the wellness industry continues to grow, its evolution must be guided by a common set of standards that allow incoming and seasoned professionals to assess their skills, determine whether they have the abilities needed to fulfill their current roles, and prepare for future career opportunities.
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The Receptionist
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
If you were born before 2005, you’re older than the concept of coworking. (And if that stings, here’s another zinger: You may also be older than the Internet, too, but I digress.) So, what is coworking? Coworking, as the term is used today, began in 2005 with Brad Neuberg’s vision of a collective workspace. He set up the San Francisco Coworking Space with the idea of creating an office environment where self-employed people could work independently but have the comfort of being
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
For the past few years, there’s been a growing focus and demand that organizations address diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Although there’s been numerous studies that have demonstrated how a diverse workforce leads to improved financial performance, productivity, innovation, and overall growth, the numbers of visible minority groups and. Click to continue reading.
Atlassian
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Subscribe to Work Life Get stories like this in your inbox Subscribe. 5-second summary. Workplace culture is the system of shared beliefs and behaviors that determine how an organization’s members interact and make decisions. Research shows that a toxic workplace culture can have a negative impact on productivity. The pandemic tended to amplify existing cultural issues.
Wellable
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Whether through exercise competitions, mindfulness activities, or financial wellness tools, corporate wellness programs have focused heavily on benefits that help employees help themselves.
Success
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
To-do lists are helpful tools for many people, but they can quickly take over our lives, making daily living feel like just another item to cross off of a never-ending list. If you’re anything like us, you may even add easy tasks like ‘make coffee’ to your list, just to be able to cross off a win early in the day. Much like to-do lists can be great reminders of what we need to prioritize and focus on, creating a to-don’t list can help you remember what to avoid doing and make saying no to the th
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Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
In today’s ultra-busy workplace, many professionals harbor the unhealthy and unrealistic belief that they’re supposed to be ultra-productive 100% of the time. I hate to break it to you, but it’s just not possible. Believe me, I’ve tried! Unfortunately, I still fall victim to this self-deception regularly. When it happens, I have to consciously remind myself that it’s futile.
Quantum Workplace
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
When leaders don’t understand the ins and outs of the employee experience at their organization, retention may suffer. And if employees feel misunderstood, ignored, and unsatisfied in the workplace, they will seek employment elsewhere. But with the right employee survey strategy, you can uncover the employee perceptions you need to know when shaping your retention plans.
Success
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
If you’re a woman whose opinions about blitzing versus pass coverage are as strong as your halftime snack game, you’re officially a football fangirl. Tracy Sandler reclaimed the once-dismissive term when she founded Fangirl Sports Network specifically for female sports fans. The network blends traditional sports reporting with lifestyle articles. . A longtime San Francisco 49ers supporter, Sandler is an officially accredited beat writer covering the team.
Productivityist
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
“It’s finally paying off.” I said this to myself with my head in my hands, letting all of the emotion that was years in the making overwhelm and flow out of me. Joy, relief, excitement, and other feelings were cascading through me in that moment. The Cincinnati Bengals were going to the Super Bowl for the first time since I was 14 years old.
C-Suite Assistants
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
As people’s lives become busier, multi-faceted, and more often working and living in two different locations balancing one’s professional career and personal life can be extremely challenging. As a company Founder or CEO, you may be looking for an executive assistant to schedule meetings, organize business trips, as well as manage many aspects of your personal life.
Go Burrows
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
No one, not even your best friend, has the ability to understand what we (assistants) go through. – Monique Helstrom. In this episode, I share an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant , where I share a bit about my journey from no network, to a thriving network of assistants all over the world.
Success
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
This week on SUCCESS Line , I talk to Crystal, a successful real estate agent, graduate of SUCCESS Coaching and author. . Like many of us, Crystal’s biggest goal in life is to make an impact on everyone she meets, and she knows that one of the most powerful ways we can do that is to ask questions. But what questions should we ask? The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself.
Atlassian
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Getting help should not be hard. That’s the thinking behind Atlassian IT’s service desk consolidation project. In short, we used our own products to vastly improve the end-user customer experience while consolidating and automating the data flow so our support team can make better decisions, faster. Scroll below to learn how we did it and what we learned.
Vantage Circle
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
St. Patrick's day is a worldwide celebration of joy and excitement. But who said it couldn't be celebrated in the workplace? Allow mischief and adventure to take over for a day at work and spread smiles to boost employee morale. And if you're still looking for good St. Patrick's Day ideas for work, this article is for you. Entertain your employees and make St.
Great Place to Work
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Real-life examples of learning and development programs to promote growth in the Year of the Tiger. February 1 marked the Chinese New Year, and with it, we rolled into the Year of the Tiger: A zodiac sign marked by strength, vitality and growth. Astrologists say the year ahead will be filled with changes and risk-taking, adventure and enthusiasm. After two long years of pandemic life – which has felt far too much like “Groundhog Day”– that sounds like just what we all need right now.
Success
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
When we think about giving, we tend to think of it as a selfless act. Best-selling author and keynote speaker Bob Burg doesn’t see it that way. To him, people act in their own interest nearly all the time, whether consciously or unconsciously. However, Burg doesn’t say this to be cynical; he just wants people to understand giving is a full-circle act.
Atlassian
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Last year, the Atlassian Foundation launched a program called Engage 4 Good to match our employee volunteers with skill-based projects in collaboration with purpose-driven organizations. Before the program formally launched, the small-scale process was managed with a simple spreadsheet – one column of organizations to match with a column of a dozen or so volunteers.
Ruby
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Think back to the last post you posted on your blog. You probably spent a few hours writing the text, clicked the “publish” button, maybe shared links to it on social media—and considered the job done. This strategy may have worked in the early days of digital content marketing and primitive search engines. But today, the competition for views and attention has become very fierce—which means that to get the same traffic from your content as before, you’ll need t
Vantage Circle
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Employee recognition should be an integral part of your company’s overall strategy. When done right, it will drive your company to the next level. But that doesn’t mean that any employee recognition program will do the trick. In fact, an ineffective program will do more harm to your business than good. Still don't believe us? Here are some statistics that show why a culture of recognition is so important: 53% of employees say they would stay longer in a company if they feel ap
Bonnie Low-Kramen
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Join Bonnie and Jen Wednesday, Feb 9th at 3PM ET for Heads Together. Are you interested in tackling the burning issues facing all of us in the workplace today? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Join the conversation! Streaming live on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Be the Ultimate Assistant Facebook page. See instructions below on how to join us on each platform.
Atlassian
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Even before the pandemic changed our world, PI (program increment) planning events were starting to go virtual. Flying hundreds of employees across borders and time zones, juggling visas, and putting everyone up for three to four days is an expensive and time-consuming process even in the best of times.
Productivityist
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Who is. The origins of TimeCrafting actually started with the acronym NOW: Need to do, Ought to do, and Want to do. The idea was that if we get through the things we need to do and be more deliberate about the things we ought to do (by turning them into a “need to do” or “want to do”) then we can get to the things that we want to more often than not.
Ruby
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
How do you feel about hiring? Personally, I don’t exactly love it. For one, there’s the work involved in recruiting: writing job descriptions, combing through resumes, vetting candidates, conducting interviews and follow-up interviews, negotiating pay, coordinating start dates, and so on. On top of that, there’s the emotional and mental work of hiring: “selling” the position to candidates, figuring out whether someone is the right fit or not, addressing unconscious bias … You get the idea.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
This post, update: my best employee quit on the spot because I wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Remember the manager back in 2016 whose best employee quit on the spot because he wouldn’t let her go to her college graduation ? She had been raised in foster care and had no living family, was homeless for a while, and managed to get herself through school and graduate.
Bonnie Low-Kramen
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Olympia Dukakis & Bonnie Low-Kramen on set in Sydney. February 2022 for Executive Support Magazine. “ Take me to the hospital.” This was said by me on day one of my long-awaited vacation in 2000. As a Personal Assistant, I ran a one-person office in New York City for Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis. On the surface, this may seem like a job dripping with glamour and red carpets and it actually was – 15% of the time.
Minding the Workplace
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
This year, I’ve been writing about my visits to SafeHarbor ( link here ), the online site created by Dr. Gary Namie, co-founder of the Workplace Bullying Institute , to serve as “a community dedicated to the people affected by workplace bullying and those devoted to helping them.” I’ve also shared some past blog articles that I’ve posted for SafeHarbor members.
All Work
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency found that over 9 million tons of furniture goes to landfill each year. Just like fast fashion, “fast furniture” also exists. There are sustainable and eco-friendly work design brands that eco-conscious workers can choose from to get their office furniture and accessories. The Environmental Protection Agency found that over 9 million tons of furniture goes to landfill each year.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
This post, an unreasonable tattoo policy, I went to a college run by a religion I no longer follow, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. My new job didn’t tell me their no-visible-tattoos policy until after I was hired. I am an early childhood professional who works directly with young children and their families.
Vantage Circle
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
If your company's top priority is diversity and inclusion, you can't afford to overlook the importance of using the correct gender pronouns in the workplace. Employees with different expressions and gender identities are entering our workplaces, and discussing gender pronouns in the workplace is the need of the hour. Companies are now aware of and prioritize the employee experiences of LGBTQA+ individuals.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
This post, should I get IV fluids for a hangover at work? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: A local company where I live advertises “recreational” IV fluids on the radio. They push the fluids for recovery from illness, colds, and hangovers. Their latest ad suggests that their mobile unit can come to your place of work and administer your hangover “cure” at your job.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
This post, warning a hothead personal trainer, taking six months off to hike, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. How do I warn a hothead personal trainer I’m on the verge of firing him? I am a GM for a small fitness franchise. We work in a gym so the environment is informal, but we still have rules and policies like any other business.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
This post, my employee is always distracted by her phone , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: One of my employees, Robin, is a good employee, but she seems tethered to her cell phone. I’ve noticed her on it in small meetings and larger ones. Meetings are not my favorite place to be either, but I find it extremely rude and distracting when she does this.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
This post, can you end a job interview early if it’s not a good fit? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: A few years ago I was in a situation that I’d like some insight on. I applied for a job that, based on the description, seemed like I was qualified for (a mix of admin and marketing work). However, once I got into the interview, I realized it was much more about complex graphic design and publishing than was previously indicated (work related to
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
This post, how to tell an employee he needs to figure some things out himself , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have a new colleague, “Carl,” who is also new to the industry (and to the working world in general). I have worked in this industry for years, and in this role for three years. Carl’s role is new to my organization and is framed as junior to my role in some respects.
Ask a Manager
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
This post, boss might be lying about being vaccinated, a terrible resume typo, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Our boss might be lying about being vaccinated. My office has been basically open throughout the entire pandemic. It’s not totally critical for us to be in the office, but it is very helpful and we’ve all decided that we think it’s safe because we trust our colleagues to make saf
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