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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

Success

A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. Although this may allay anxiety for those work expectations, it likely also promotes strain on relationships and mental health.

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Hello Alice Co-founders Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore Are Fueling the Small Business Ecosystem

Success

During a conference in 2015, the future co-founders started talking about a mutual passion to address the problem of equity in the small business space. Hello Alice: Small business pioneers In April, the company debuted a new feature: the business health score. I think I have one of the greatest jobs in the world,” Rodz says.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

Success

After a major activewear retailer copied multiple designs in 2015, K-DEER fans started the hashtag #IStandWithKDEER to express their support for K-DEER and call for a boycott, which ultimately led the brand to pull the items. Deer’s mental health has improved greatly since coming out, and she’s now in remission from major depressive disorder.

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

Allwork

Paul joined Charter Communications in 2015, and is responsible for all human resources strategies, policies, and practices for more than 101,000 employees. Daily team emails — sharing PR, speaking/award opportunities, ideas, and feedback as well as info learned on social media, at trade shows, through blogs, clients, etc.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

Success

They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. We take the time to answer emails or meet people who want to do what we’re doing, to give information, help, advise or support in some way,” she says. “I

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

For others, it might be putting the health of the business first. Simply lowering your voice—whether in decibels if you are communicating in person or in tone if using email or text—can make communication more civil. This article appears in the July 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Put your guns down.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

Between 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working week of 35-36 hours with no reduction in pay. An increase in productivity levels of one-quarter (25 percent) as well improvements in employees’ health, led to a permanent arrangement. I usually find myself checking emails or returning calls.

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