Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Is it weird to offer to plan a party for a holiday you don’t celebrate? The weird part is that she’s offering to do it from halfway around the world, when presumably it would be much easier for someone in your local office to plan and manage local party logistics. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go….

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

4:35) The business environment is indeed turning more agile and fast-paced and that organizations are keeping near-term goals instead of longer terms, and that an organization’s goals and values should be fed in performance planning to ensure an individual’s performance aligns with the overall strategy of an organization. (7:27)

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Workplace Insight

JULY 13, 2023

The Government’s plan to transform the UK into a science and technology superpower will fail to boost living standards unless it’s linked to a broader industrial strategy aimed at raising productivity across all sectors of the economy.

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Logistics Transportation Retail Technology 40

Ask a Manager

MARCH 22, 2020

With crushingly short notice, I put together office sanitization routines, created and mandated a teleworking system for my entire group, created workflows that accommodate flexible schedules due to school closings and the like, solved logistic problems created by the sudden switch to teleworking, etc.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 7, 2024

With the lack of firm planning and procurement reforms, and retrofit entirely left out, there is disquiet that the major growth opportunities will never be realised by this government.” But today’s budget hasn’t built on this and that’s a missed opportunity. It’s essential and long overdue.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Due to a prior family commitment (planned months in advance), I explained my circumstances and offered to interview the following Monday. There are exceptions for businesses like retail, but I’m assuming from your reaction that this isn’t one of them.) First, in most fields it’s weird to schedule interviews on the weekend.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 9, 2022

I manage a very busy retail pharmacy. I do not want to seem demanding to an organization or video-averse but video interviews require a lot more planning, time, energy, and logistics I have to work through. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. My employee walks off the job to cry … every day.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 21, 2018

There is a committee in charge of planning and all the logistics. But I am still very new to all of this, and I don’t have a lot of experience in working a “real” job (only retail). My team is flipping out and thinks a colleague didn’t deserve to attend a thank-you lunch. I have a question about how to quit.

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I’ve been in my position for around 18 months after transitioning from over 10 years of retail and food service jobs where vacation time was nonexistent. Can we talk about how to plan ahead so that I can do that?” In that case, we’re back to you talking to your manager to formulate a plan.). Unfortunately I live in D.C.,

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Because of that, your better bet may be to just switch things up logistically to make it harder for her to do it — try putting them in a drawer or under other papers. My husband works in retail. (Also, if you have a drawer that locks, start keeping your purse in there.). Forced to take PTO when you don’t want it.

Legal 20

Legal Retail Logistics Training 20

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

This employee has had difficult events in her personal life a year ago (a messy divorce and all the difficult logistics that go with that), and has stated that this combined with the performance process is causing her stress and further impacting her performance. I have only been there three weeks and I absolutely love it.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 12, 2024

However, investment activity is also subject to varying degrees of uncertainty from geopolitical factors with elections planned in more than 60 countries, representing more than half the world’s population, and wars in Ukraine and Gaza continuing to impact sentiment, there is the potential to undermine the recent more stable monetary situation.

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Real Estate Reporting Logistics Retail 111

Workplace Insight

JULY 30, 2024

A new report from Cognizant and Oxford Economics New Work, New World: Quantifying Global Gen AI Momentum suggests that firms are planning major investments into generative AI technologies to drive increases in productivity, but are still being cautious about their impact. million in generative AI this financial year.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 10, 2020

I inspect the tags on everything I buy and stick to a few retailers I know. She told me to remind her mid-year so she could plan for this. She was also open about the fact that she was planning on retiring at the end of 2020, which I was looking forward to, since she’s been an okay-but-not-amazing boss. Then 2020 happened.

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Work Life

JUNE 13, 2024

IBM plans to lay off some employees in 2024 but will hire more for AI-centered roles. E-commerce firm eBay plans to cut about 1,000 roles or around 9% of its workforce. DocuSign plans to reduce its workforce by about 6%, or 400 employees, with a majority in its sales and marketing organizations.

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Success

MARCH 5, 2025

retail companies implement widespread layoffs to reduce expenses, major players such as Starbucks , Kohls and Forever 21 are following suit. Layoff wave hits Kohls, Forever 21, Chevron and others Retail companies often lay off staff as a strategy to reduce costs and boost profitability. Over 15,000 U.S. revealed on Feb.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Among the sectors to watch, data centres ranked first in the overall investment and development prospects for European real estate, followed by new energy infrastructure, student housing and logistics. Finally, the outlook for office and retail investment remains subdued following continuing caution about the impact of structural change.

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Work Life

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Many indicators, such as small business retail sales appearing up 2.1% AI is already reshaping roles across sectors, automating routine tasks in banking , logistics, and even some healthcare roles. Household debt is also rising, with mortgage debts at the top of the list at a $77 billion increase.

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Work Life

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Though you work in fintech, you might be surprised by what you can learn about predictive analytics by studying how logistics service providers use data to lower shipping costs and improve efficiency or looking at how retail brands leverage AI to create hyper-personalized customer experiences. Keeping an open mind will always pay off.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 11, 2025

The most compelling opportunities, the report finds, lie in the likes of logistics, data centres, and new energy infrastructure, which are attracting record interest, reflecting the rising importance of energy security, AI-driven expansion, and regional economic independence.

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