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The Holiday Blues Are Normal—These 8 Tips from Experts Can Help You Better Manage Difficult Emotions

Success

The holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, can be a time of great joy with family, friends and tradition, but not everyone feels jolly this time of year. If you’ve experienced a loss, gone through a breakup or simply feel alone, the holidays can put a spotlight on your grief. Manage your expectations.

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Pause Now To Consider Your Success Goals for 2015

Office Dynamics

If you think it’s still too soon to start planning your professional and personal success goals for 2015, I want to encourage you to think again! I encourage you to think about other opportunities or techniques to assist you in goal-setting or goal assessment as we approach 2015. As quickly as this year passed, so will next year.

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‘Power Doesn’t Come from a Title’

Success

A lot of managers are Doctor No. The goals of maintaining the connection between management and workers, and between company and customers, were at the heart of McDermott’s role at SAP. For example, SAP has an annual holiday party at its North America headquarters, and everyone in the company attends in formal attire.

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Looking Forward With Intention [Free Webinar for Assistants]

Office Dynamics

Here at Office Dynamics International, as we wrap up this 25th year of business, we’re feeling both grateful and overwhelmed with all we’ve experienced in 2015. For this final session of the year, we’re sending 2015 off with a bang! December 3, 2015, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. It’s hard to believe another year is nearly over.

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The 2014 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

If you’re into using Evernote as a task management solution (I’m not) or you know someone your list who does, then this notebook is worth considering. I’ll be giving it a major update it in the first quarter of 2015, and anyone who buys it now will be eligible for any updates through to the end of 2016.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

We’ve chosen holiday destinations specifically because they are close to where the business travel took us,’ said Deborah, who chronicles her experiences on the blog, TagAlongTravel.com. ‘I We haven’t calculated our travel stat for 2016 as yet, but in 2015 Steve was on the road 171 days to 44 cities in 11 countries,’ she said. ‘I

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The 2014 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

If you''re into using Evernote as a task management solution (I''m not) or you know someone your list who does, then this notebook is worth considering. I''ll be giving it a major update it in the first quarter of 2015, and anyone who buys it now will be eligible for any updates through to the end of 2016. NeuYear Calendar.

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