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More Companies Are Adopting Sensory-Friendly Practices—Here’s How Your Business Can Follow Suit 

Success

There can be large, crowded rooms full of cubicles and equipment, disturbing fluorescent lighting and bombardment with a wide variety of noises—coupled with less access to sensory-friendly resources and environments. His recommendation to businesses is simple and inclusive: “build sensory-friendly environments.”

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5 Inclusive Design Strategies To Embrace Rapidly Aging Workforce

Allwork

Alongside having an office in a central location that’s close to lunch and coffee spots, the workspace itself could include a communal eating area and kitchen for cooking fresh food to cater to food preferences and budgets across an intergenerational workforce. This includes people living with dementia.

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What Good Self-Care Looks Like (for You)

Success

For example, if you are an introvert with a hectic work environment, self-care might include quiet time. For example, if budgeting or dieting cause low-level anxiety, it can be important to leaven your days with treats that are cheap or free and healthy. This article was published in May 2019 and has been updated.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. With an estimated $108 billion annual budget across California schools, Davenport’s work as a steward for public education is significant. In her company, Show Up Great!

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders. In 2019, I was hired by a large financial firm in San Francisco to develop and facilitate a boot camp for 5 young assistants with college degrees.

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The Effect of the Fee Cap For PPI Claims Companies

Small Business CEO

In the summer budget of 2015, George Osborne first announced that a fee cap for claims management companies (CMCs) would be discussed. With the upcoming PPI deadline being heavily promoted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), claims management companies are hoping to make as many claims as possible before August 2019. …

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“EAs Need Better Press.” Agreed. Solving the EA PR Problem Once and For All

Bonnie Low Kramen

In our current environment, the issue has gotten more complicated because of the invisibility factor of working from home. Ask for an annual training budget and make your case for why a particular training program is useful for your role. In May, 2019, her work was profiled in a Forbes (online) cover story. Not so fast.

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