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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Success

Set an agenda and stick to it. Have a time limit (preferably no more than an hour) and stick to it, even if you don’t discuss all agenda items. Rather than sacrifice her health for her career, she got off her duff and began walking 20 to 30 miles a week while discussing business. Watch the clock.

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

Success

What I’ve come to learn since opening up about my mental health is that I’m not alone, and it does get better,” Deer said. My mental health is also my superpower in that I have a tremendous amount of love, compassion and wisdom to share because of all I’ve been through,” she said. Building a community around belonging.

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4 important payroll issues to keep an eye on in 2023

BMT Office Administration

Proposed regulations covering white-collar employees were included in the Department of Labor’s spring 2022 semiannual regulatory agenda. Everyone then anxiously anticipated the regs’ release, despite the fact that items on the regulatory agenda are routinely ignored by the agency putting them there. Axed business travel budgets.

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MIPIM 2023 confirms that green sells. But is commercial real estate buying?

Workplace Insight

Koch said that offices need to be configured with more amenities and facilities and that real estate mixes need to be more imaginative in order to reactivate spaces, including more focus on wellbeing and health. He also predicted that there would be a significant shift from new-build to retrofit and refurbishment.

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Calendar Clarity

Laughing all the Way to Work

Subject: Linda lunch meeting with Bob Location: Red Lobster, 99 Bank Street RESERVATION IN NAME OF LINDA When it is a regular meeting or large gathering, it will make more sense to put in the name of the meeting such as Health & Safety Committee rather than listing all the names of the attendees.

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Avoid Conference Call Catastrophes

The Office Professionals Place

Always start on time and do your best to end on time by following the agenda and "table" topics that require more discussion. If they are late, it is helpful to let them know what agenda item is being discussed--do not go over what has already been discussed--its a time waster. Distribute the agenda/handouts prior to the meeting.

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Charlotte Lockhart of 4 Day Week Global | The Secret to Increasing Productivity by 20%

Allwork

So, but what then happened for us is that whenever we travelled there, people were like, oh, well, you know, hey, I’d love to catch up. And then it’s also about making sure that you have an agenda. I can use it for support and or health. To workplace stress and mental health. 18 million workdays.

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