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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

Success

A 2017 survey found that 91% of executives believe that a sense of humor is important for career advancement, and 84% feel that people with a good sense of humor do a better job. Maintain your confidence and don’t go fishing for compliments “We can find humor in our pain points and struggles.

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5 Decision-Making Books to Help You Combat Analysis Paralysis

Success

That is why we have assembled a list of 5 excellent books to guide you in becoming more confident and decisive. This 2017 standard for success became a No. Based on numerous surveys and peer-reviewed studies, the Heaths take care in understanding the data and science of indecision and decision-making. Principles: Life and Work.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

The women surveyed in Guidant’s “ 2023 Small Business Trends ” report were primarily motivated to become entrepreneurs due to being “ready to be their own boss” (28%) and “[dissatisfied] with corporate America” (23%), with only 13% seeking to pursue their passions. I mean ‘Your life will be improved by the ascendance of women.’”

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13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

Success

Discipline builds self-confidence, mental and physical strength, and inspires you to grow as a human being. According to a 2022 Microsoft survey , nearly 50% of employees—and just over 50% of managers—say that they’re feeling burned out at work, at a time when people are already working more hours than in years past.

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Sources of Contingent Talent Shifting

Small Business Labs

The Ardent Partners chart below from the article shows survey data on this shift. Ardent is predicting that by the end of 2017, almost 45 percent of the global workforce will consist of contingent workers. This leads us to have greater confidence in both sets of forecasts.   Freelance Independent workers trends'

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The Assistant Toolkit

Practically Perfect PA

The first Practically Perfect PA eBook is available for everyone to download and I am just about to launch this year’s Industry Snapshot survey… So busy, busy! We have a different theme every year and in 2017 it will be The Assistant Tool Kit. Social Media Management. Events Management. Arranging complex business travel.

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Five Barriers to Improving Employee Engagement

Energage

And yet, one report after another still names employee engagement and workplace culture at the top of a CEO’s many challenges: • The Conference Board’s annual CEO survey lists six top challenges for CEOs today, five of them related to engaging and aligning talent. We can have observations, but the survey bears them out.

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