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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

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Nathalie Virem connects with her true calling The following year, Virem published her first book, Live With Purpose: Creating Positive, Lasting Change. In order to identify scholarship recipients, Virem has interested parties fill out a questionnaire and speak with her on the phone. This, she realized, was her calling.

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13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

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According to a 2019 study published in Sleep Medicine , when night owls began to consistently shift their “sleep/wake timings” by two hours, they showed “significant improvements to self-reported depression and stress, as well as improved cognitive… performance measures,” among other benefits. Implement your new skills and make them routine.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I have written 5 books for assistants, educated 300,000+ assistants, have worked with 70+ Fortune 500 companies, and coached 300+ executive/assistant teams. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away.

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An Interview with the Office Dynamics Team

Office Dynamics

I have over 20 years of administrative professional experience and proud of my personal and professional accomplishments, yet the conference provided new perspectives, opportunities to talk with others in my chosen field and a reminder to embrace my unique talents and skills. I have never attended such a relevant and inspiring conference!

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. At first, I worried that it was exactly the wrong time to publish a book on the four-day week. Having more focused time also gives companies space for dedicated social time during the day.

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What a Child Can Teach You About Life and Love

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Harrison, unprompted, walked over to me holding a book. Other than occasionally replying to a text from Gillian to confirm that, yes, we were still alive, I didn’t use my phone. My art skills are much like my stroller-opening abilities, but you’d never know that by his reactions. He ran to the playroom, and I followed.