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How Can Office Design Help To Rebuild Working Relationships?

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Workplace friendships took a hit during COVID. Having a close friend at work increases productivity, retention, and workplace satisfaction, among other benefits. Just as a well-considered workplace can foster connection and belonging, one that is poorly designed can contribute to isolation, conflict, and decreased productivity.

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Navigating Uncertainty: Strategies For Success In Commercial Real Estate Amid Global Turmoil

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Businesses are consistently drawn to high-quality, Class A office spaces with diverse amenities that promote an inspiring and healthful workplace environment. As part of a larger campus, the project aimed to create a consistent overall workplace experience for all their employees. Image courtesy of Lifang.

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The Perils Of Ignoring Sexual Harassment Training

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Workplace sexual harassment continues to be a widespread problem, yet 36% of organizations do not offer anti-harassment training. It has proven to diminish job satisfaction, reduce levels of commitment and can result in employees withdrawing (psychologically and physically) from the workplace. As of 2021 , only 17 U.S.

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This is a particularly insidious form of misinformation because while the proclamations of anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers and climate sceptics are easily disprovable to anybody with an ounce of interest in facts, a laundered idea can be widely accepted as true when it is overly simplistic, shaky in some other way or even complete b t.

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Moody’s Analytics Shows A Spike In Office Usage, But Vacancies Are Still Climbing

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Last month, data from Kastle Systems showed that office usage reached a post-pandemic high as companies began ushering employees back into the workplace following a dip in Covid-19 cases. between the fourth quarter of 2019 and fourth quarter of 2021, while its work-from-home levels came in at around 50%.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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After analyzing over 10 million accounts, LinkedIn found that, compared to January 2019, in October 2022, 20% more women applied to fully-remote jobs while men decreased by the same amount. In 2019, before the pandemic, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S.,

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Is Your Leadership Crushing Your Team’s Productivity?

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Research that points to the efficacy of a happy and healthy team has existed for years, but in 2019, Oxford University published a study that helped further legitimize these claims. Cultivating hostile working environments Although toxic workplaces aren’t currently at the forefront of the public consciousness, they’re still an issue.