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No more zero sum games … the Workplace Cocktail Hour with Joe Croft

Workplace Insight

Joe has experience both maintaining and implementing new Environmental Management Systems to achieve ISO14001 and Quality Management Systems to ISO9001 certifications. Joe helped Overbury become the the first organisation in the UK to achieve a UKAS accredited ISO14001:2015 certification. Or just listen below.

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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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Her manager, she said, would make sexualized jokes, resulting in what Watson felt was a hostile work environment. “It There’s a lot of research that shows that Black women who are encountering discrimination problems in the workplace experience poor health outcomes that hurt their overall health and well-being,” Frye says.

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Combat Workplace Burnout by Setting Better Boundaries

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In some workplaces, putting in 70 hours a week is more likely to earn you bragging rights than a concerned call from your manager. People are quitting their jobs in droves to escape the suffocating pressure of the workplace. One of the best communication tactics you can use here is managing up. Why We Overwork.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

It certainly raises the question of what more can be done, including in terms of workplace design, to boost engagement levels amongst these employees. Key findings from the global workplace design report include: Employee engagement positively correlates with workplace satisfaction. Fixed Technology exceeds mobile by 2:1.

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What can assistants expect in 2015?

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The last few years I have written a blog about what assistants can expect from the year and here you will find the tradition has continued into 2015. I genuinely think 2014 was a turning point in our industry and I think 2015 will see a consolidation of our efforts to take our profession forward. Assistant networking and events.

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5 Tips for Dealing with Annoying People at Work

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Whether they chew gum ridiculously loudly in meetings or undermine you in front of your superiors, annoying people can take a serious toll on your workplace happiness. A 2015 Harvard study shared that 80% of employees report lost work time worrying about a co-worker’s behavior and how to deal with the person.

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A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?

Workplace Insight

The Stoddart Review , published in 2016, was one of the most significant reports of recent years to explore the role of the workplace for employee productivity in extensive detail and why the office environment was key for productivity purposes. What we once knew as the workplace has changed forever.

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