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

Workplace Insight

Far fewer employees have laptops (39 percent), mobile phones (40 percent) or tablet computers (13 percent) available to them at work. This is particularly important for employees in open plan offices, to allow them to balance constant contact with colleagues with moments of privacy and disconnection.

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How We Pulled Off a Huge Event Through Outsourcing

Productivityist

We ended up hiring him for several jobs and staying in constant contact over the course of several weeks. Having to follow up with emails during the course of the day is a huge distraction and requires a lot of multitasking that can be avoided. egotiation via email & phone ?

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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

Add them to your contact management system. In addition to the name, phone numbers, company, and e-mail, include where and when you met the person, who introduced you, and why you might want to contact him/her in the future. If your system enables you to categorize or label contacts, do so! The business cards?