Success

JANUARY 20, 2023

People are usually as happy as they make their minds up to be. This maxim is often referenced by famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. It’s a reminder that the attitude we assume when faced with disappointment is truly up to us. That happiness is a choice. The influence of his father helped Wooden develop a mental approach that allowed him to respond to disappointment with self-control and reason, rather than reacting emotionally.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 19, 2023

When it comes to sales incentive programs the first thought in your mind is monetary incentives. However, that is not all there is to incentive programs. Let’s find out more about sales incentive programs and how to design and implement them to benefit your organization. What Is A Sales Incentive Program? Sales incentive programs are systems developed by businesses to compensate salespersons for achieving certain specific goals.

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Great Place to Work

JANUARY 17, 2023

Flextime policies allow employees to build a schedule that matches their biological sleep patterns, bolstering employee health and performance. Why should business leaders care if night owls get enough sleep? When employees lose sleep, their health is affected and productivity dips. Research shows one fourth of the world’s population isn’t sleeping as well as they should — not because they are lazy or improvident, but because their bodies are hardwired against the typical 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. work s

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 15, 2023

So here it is. Blue Monday. Today. Officially the most depressing day of the year. We say ‘officially’, but like the idea of ‘Body Odour’ its common usage hides the fact that it was originally created as part of a PR campaign, in this case one for Sky’s travel channel in 2005. The whole idea of Blue Monday is couched in a pseudo-mathematical equation which includes factors like the weather, levels of debt, time since Christmas, low levels of motivation and, apparently, an unspecified variable kn

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Success

JANUARY 20, 2023

Amanda Archer established Women of the Metaverse as a creative studio, NFT collective and development incubator to support women founders entering the Web3 generation. In 2022, Archer and her co-founder Farah Selena launched First Ape Wives Club, an NFT PFP collection that will drive the first female-founded, -funded and -created game in The Sandbox metaverse.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 18, 2023

Continued focus on (employee) turnover is of critical importance, because of the direct relation of turnover to improvements in labor costs and guest satisfaction. ~ Finley Peter Dunne. "Employee turnover" is a word that makes HR practitioners' hearts skip a beat. But no matter how disappointed an HR gets after hearing the word, it is a natural, inevitable phenomenon that occurs in every organization.

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Office Dynamics Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Learn the 19 key competencies that are essential for success as an administrative professional in the modern workplace.

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Success

JANUARY 18, 2023

We’ve all been there: We’re on deadline, but our minds and bodies refuse to get going. These days go by many names, including writer’s block , creative block or dry spell. I call them blank moments. Because of the many instances of creative block I’ve encountered in my life—and the intense level of procrastination growing inside me—I’ve learned how to harness those blank moments and still make them count.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 16, 2023

As an HR professional, starting the new year by finding, curating, and planning for the upcoming events in the coming months is a not-so-fun start. To make that task easier for you, we have curated an HR Calendar 2023 that contains a comprehensive list of holidays, special events, and culturally significant moments that you should mark (and plan for) in 2023.

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Go Burrows

JANUARY 15, 2023

Cath Harrison has a 35 year career in PA, EA and administrative roles in various private and public sectors, including over 17 years working within the IT Industry for Hewlett-Packard. In this episode, Cath talks about being let go during a global pandemic, starting a new business, and the world’s shift to remote work. LEADERSHIP QUOTE. You don’t need a new day to start over, you need a new mindset.

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Ruby

JANUARY 20, 2023

George Washington had wooden teeth. Humans only use 10% of our brains. The customer is always right. Myths and misconceptions are a part of life. And while some are harmless or easily debunked—no mother will mind if you step on that crack—others can get in the way of running your business. Nowhere is this truer than in customer service. Countless organizations let assumptions and falsehoods guide how they communicate with the people they serve.

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Success

JANUARY 16, 2023

“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’” —­ Dave Barry. That assessment by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author is right on. A 2022 Otter.ai survey of over 600 employees from 20 industries found that, “on average, employees have 17.7 meetings (totaling 18 hours) per week,” numbers which increase as “management level and number of direct reports increases.

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Greetly

JANUARY 19, 2023

It can be challenging to determine the right working model for your enterprise. Read on to discover the salient features and decide which is right for you.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 18, 2023

Alan Henry is a service journalist and editor who writes and commissions stories that help readers make better use of their technology and embrace a healthier relationship with it in their lives. Previously, the Smarter Living editor at The New York Times , the editor-in-chief of the productivity and lifestyle blog Lifehacker, the author of SEEN, HEARD, AND PAID , and is currently senior editor at Wired.

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Ruby

JANUARY 18, 2023

When most business owners think about growth , they think about dollars. More revenue brings bigger budgets , better hires, and bragging rights. But once you’ve turned a seed into something significant, is money all that matters? We won’t pretend revenue isn’t critical to growth. However, in an era where more than half the world is online and stark inequalities still plague most corners of society, different benchmarks for success are in order.

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Success

JANUARY 20, 2023

Between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 lies a blank slate of endless possibilities, and on no day does it feel more hopeful than New Year’s Eve. New Year’s resolutions are an opportunity to dream of all the things we want to achieve. The energy is aspirational , but is that where it ends? And how do we keep that momentum going and create lasting change? Karin Nordin is a behavioral change coach with a Ph.D. in health communication.

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Greetly

JANUARY 17, 2023

One thing about the future of work is clear: hybrid work environments will remain the norm for organizations and enterprises of all sizes and across all niches for the foreseeable future.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 17, 2023

These days it seems like everyone is looking to become more entrepreneurial. It’s a word that’s often used by big companies on the hunt for innovative thinkers and new ways of doing things. But sadly, the workplace doesn’t always work for those with entrepreneurial minds. It is too rigid, too hierarchical, too conventional. Entrepreneurs, by nature, are rule-breakers, always looking for new opportunities and fresh ideas that could change the world.

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Ruby

JANUARY 16, 2023

J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM // Getty Images At more than 32.5 million strong, small businesses account for 99.9% of all American businesses. To help support these small but mighty drivers of the American economy—which collectively employ more than 45% of the nation’s labor force—the Small Business Administration offers a variety of business loans to help them grow and succeed.

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Success

JANUARY 19, 2023

Most travelers anticipate holiday air travel to be fraught with minor annoyances, winter weather and a greater volume of fliers—all likely to lead to a few hours’ delay or even some cancellations. For Southwest Airlines and its passengers, minor annoyances snowballed into a major meltdown this December. A winter storm coupled with Southwest’s outdated crew-scheduling software and its point-to-point operations model led to more than 15,000 canceled flights over eight days, devastating many holida

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Halo Psych

JANUARY 16, 2023

It’s that time of year when many of us think and talk about setting goals. Yet how many of us set ourselves ambitious goals at the start of a year, only for our motivation to ebb away way as the months go on? We then end up being hard on ourselves at the end of year, telling ourselves, “Next year it will be different”. And the vicious circle continues.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 16, 2023

Flexible office provider TOG has announced the opening of its first project built from the ground up – The Black & White Building, located in Shoreditch. The firm claims that The Black & White Building is Central London’s tallest mass timber office, standing at 17.8 metres high and covering 38,315 sq ft. The workspace has been built using renewable materials and innovative construction methods, which TOG claims results in embodied carbon creation being reduced by 37 percent compared with

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 15, 2023

Crafting a welcome letter for each new hire can be daunting. Although it may seem simple at first, there are subtle nuances to consider. Such as ensuring the message is brief and clear, maintaining a professional tone, and offering all the information the new hire will require. The process becomes even more challenging if your company is scaling up and plans to hire a large number of candidates.

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Success

JANUARY 17, 2023

Scott Simon decided to do one new thing every day for a year to test his courage. His first challenge? Singing in front of a busy restaurant. He had been afraid to sing in public for 35 years but says that finally doing it changed his life. “I almost levitated back to my car,” he tells Brilliant Thoughts host Tristan Ahumada in this week’s episode. “I felt powerful, free, joyous.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 17, 2023

This post, I dated someone who was using me to get back at his ex-wife … who turned out to be my boss , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have a question about something that happened to me a number of years ago. From time to time, I remember everything that went down and I wonder to myself if I reacted the right way or how things could have been different.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 16, 2023

Herman Miller is continuing to increase the use of ocean-bound plastic within the modern furniture maker’s portfolio. The Sayl Chair, designed by esteemed Swiss Designer Yves Béhar will now include up to 1.36 kg (3 pounds) of mismanaged plastic waste found near waterways. This change builds upon the momentum created by the introduction of ocean-plastic in the iconic Aeron Chair in 2021 and will divert 95 metric tons*, the equivalent of approximately 9.6 million plastic water bottles, from the oc

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Kareo

JANUARY 19, 2023

Resource ID: re_25536 Scheduled Go Live Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 09:35 Description: Get an inside look at the revenue models, operations, and industry trends of 250+ independent medical billing companies Products/Service Categories: Billing Services Role/Persona: Billing company Content Type: Report Sales Stage: Educational Partner-specific Audience: External Content categories: Getting paid Patient Collections Billing Best Practices Payer Relationships Fee Schedules Medical Billing Se

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Success

JANUARY 20, 2023

I just had my voice tested via a piece of technology called Kijini , which analyzes the tone of your voice for personality traits and nutritional deficiencies (pretty amazing!), among other types of health information. My voice indicated that I’m deficient in lutein and B-vitamins—both easy fixes. The personality portion, though, revealed this: “You spread yourself too thin.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 17, 2023

This post, the poodle in a stroller, the music file, and other email signatures gone wild , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Last week I asked about the funniest/weirdest/most inappropriate email signatures you’ve seen. Here are some of the highlights you shared. 1. The nice day. I know a woman who is known for being kind of blunt/curt in her emails.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 18, 2023

The last few years have put work at the forefront of our consideration as individuals and our discussions as a society. Globally, people are thinking consciously about their work, its meaning and its place in their lives. This focus will surely create the conditions for a great reinvention —a reset of how we work as well as where, when and for whom.

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Success

JANUARY 19, 2023

Educators, parents, counselors and anyone with children want to help kids develop a growth mindset. After all, the value of a growth mindset is widely known. It promotes success, happiness, resilience and learning. In fact, the TEDx Talk given by Stanford University Professor Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., helped launch the growth mindset movement, dedicating much of its time to the education of children.

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Success

JANUARY 19, 2023

Setting goals is a deceptively simple task—after all, you just pick a goal and work toward it, right? Not quite. There is no one right way to create goals. But, whether you’re faced with roadblocks, a lack of accountability or are just trying to figure out where to begin, there is plenty of advice out there to guide you through the process of setting and achieving your goals.

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Success

JANUARY 17, 2023

You’ve probably said it to yourself 100 times before: I really need to start reading more books. When you’re an out-of-the-habit adult with a full schedule, however, finding the time to pick up a book can be a challenge. But this is a goal worth striving for. Science is beginning to back up what book-lovers already know: Reading offers far-reaching benefits for your life.

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Success

JANUARY 15, 2023

By now, most people are coming off their eggnog high and gearing up for the new year, which includes the annual pregame warmup of choosing New Year’s resolutions , the desire to set goals and achieve them in a brand new season of life. Deep down inside many of us is the belief that somehow, someway, this year is going to be different from last year.

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Success

JANUARY 18, 2023

Accepting criticism is an example of a growth mindset. Willingness to learn, to take on new responsibilities and accept your faults as areas for improvement exemplifies a growth mindset. While someone with a fixed mindset internalizes failure as a personal limitation, those with a growth mindset accept a setback as a challenge. A growth mindset acknowledges rather than accepts our weaknesses.

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Success

JANUARY 18, 2023

Something about the new year makes us all want to rethink the way we manage our productivity —and tech can be our best friend. Whether you’re trying to manage your work, your personal life or your health, we’ve corralled a list of 10 apps to try in 2023. 1. Starlink : Working on the go regularly? Available on both Apple and Android devices, Starlink delivers high-speed broadband internet in areas where access is unreliable, expensive or just unavailable. 2.

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Success

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ann Hiatt was only 20 years old when she thought she had killed Jeff Bezos. It was her first job after graduating and she was working with him directly during the foundational years of Amazon. She hired a helicopter, which had later crashed with Bezos inside, leading Hiatt to think he was dead for five hours. Hiatt describes working for Bezos and Google’s Eric Schmidt as relentless.

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