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How to Create a Budget: 6 Steps to Get You on the Path to Financial Security

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According to a Gallup survey , only one in three Americans prepares a detailed household budget. Managing money is intimidating, but it’s 100 percent doable—and it’s pretty darn necessary if you want to be in control of your dollars. Dive into a digital finance manager, excel sheets, worksheets and a homemade bill binder.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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

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Comparably, 84 percent of home workers surveyed felt most productive at home, illustrating the shift that has taken place when it comes to the perceptions of productivity in the workplace now the home is a viable option. This dropped to 64 percent in 2021 , demonstrating the drop in office productivity and preference.

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Digital nomads are starting to price out local communities around the world

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Before COVID upended the way we work, I would usually tell journalists that the numbers were too small for a definitive answer. The same survey also suggests that up to 72 million “armchair nomads”, again, only in the US, are considering becoming nomadic. I am often asked if digital nomads are driving gentrification.

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Zoe Ellis Moore Founder of Spaces to Places | Navigating the Changing Needs of Today’s Professionals: Trends in the Flexible Workspace Industry

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These are the basics that it seems to be with this survey. These things need to be standard but we’re seeing a greater spectrum that this flight to quality where it’s rich amenities you might have food and beverage offering and restaurants, very much conferencing facilities there as well, the end of your journey.

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

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But according to a recent survey by Deloitte while 87 percent of organisations cite culture and engagement as one of their top challenges, almost two-thirds of executives do not feel they are effectively driving this desired culture within their business.

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Using social media when organising an event

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My thinking is definitely along these lines and so I ensure I keep up to date with all the latest developments in the event industry that will help when I need to arrange an event. You can use review websites to select venues, hotels and local restaurants. Event page on LinkedIn.