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A Comprehensive Guide to Executive Retreats

Attendance Bot

There are several options available when it comes to providing childcare at the event: Daycare facilities on-site: This is the most expensive option but offers the best care and supervision. Childminders and nannies: This is a more affordable option than daycare facilities but still offers good supervision and care.

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Some questions about AI, a world drowning in content and the human centipede of creativity

Workplace Insight

And workers tasked with making their work legible to productivity tracking bear the psychological burdens of this supervision, raising stress levels and impeding creativity. One likely result of AI monitoring is that it encourages people to engage in those sometimes frivolous tasks that can be quantified.

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my new coworkers keep saying I’m going to hate my job, parents posting their kids’ resumes on LinkedIn, and more

Ask a Manager

I supervise a new employee who normally rides the bus home. You’re not obligated to drive employees home, buses are not unusually dangerous, and your employee is presumably an adult who’s comfortable managing her own transportation. My boss thinks I should drive my new employee home. What do I do?

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Office Administrator vs Office Manager: Understanding the Roles

SnackNation

Book flights and transportation for all executives (5) traveling to Canada for the annual industry conference. Makes decisions without supervision. Spend one hour on the proposal for a new inventory tracking system. Have demo call with potential new IT security vendor; draft brief to present to Chief Information Office (CIO).

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my boss keeps telling me to clean up my office, carpooling with someone I manage, and more

Ask a Manager

As I’ll be needed to help with care, transportation, medication, etc., I don’t supervise the interns directly, but they work on my team. During that day, we found that one of my parents has a very serious medical condition and will need on-going treatment and surgery for at least three months.

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should people with bad commutes get more leeway for lateness, bringing in snacks for coworkers, and more

Ask a Manager

It doesn’t make sense to offer people flexibility based solely on what method of transportation they use. In some cases, we’ve been friends for five or more years (and I’ve supervised at least one of these people for three years). What do you think?

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should I invite my lonely intern over for dinner?

Ask a Manager

I am currently supervising an intern, “Fergus,” who is a grad student in his mid-20s. Firstly, Fergus doesn’t drive, and our city’s public transport is lousy. A reader writes: I am a female in my mid-30s who is fairly new to managing. Fergus’s internship lasts for seven weeks.