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Anastasia Penright – CEO at Respect My Voice | Leaders: Create a Drama Free Workplace

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Or I had a good friend, she referred to that circle as her tribe, and I had another friend referred to it as your front row. There are some things where you talked about when it’s time to walk away. That is definitely me. Definitely open. And those are your people. So we try to respect that as much.

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Daan van Rossum – CEO at FlexOS | Flex Work: The Key to Career Freedom.

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But I think that when you cross borders or more importantly, time zones, you really have to rethink how you’re going to organize a company. Daan van Rossum [ 00:37:05 ]: There definitely is a component of competitiveness, and our human nature is that was it. So I definitely believe that that’s there.

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

Workplace Insight

Furthermore, neuroscience teaches us that our brain is not designed for multitasking and that staying focused requires energy – by definition a limited resource. References www.kpmg.com/US/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/real-value-of-engaged-employees.pdf www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/human-capital/articles/introduction-human-capital-trends.html

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Want to Blog About Your Work?

Professional Assistant Blog

Internal blogging refers to employees writing blogs that are stored on an intranet or company server. This is definitely good for sharing ideas and skills among teammates and other departments. Just remember not to divulge particular company information, since this can definitely land you in hot water.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

Like you, I list the new assistant as not only a contact but a definite resource for future references. As you previously stated, this is a great way to not only meet new people but you can expand your list of contacts to include the new assistant. I have found this practice to pay off big just when you need it! 23, 1 p.m.

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. My all-time favourite however is colleague. My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. I tend to use the term boss when I refer to my employer. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 411 Look Up 411.ca