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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

Success

economy up to $187 billion every year between lost productivity and health care and medical costs. However, when you focus on self-directed humor, don’t kill your skills, meaning don’t make jokes about specific skills that are necessary for you to do your job.” Research has shown that workplace stress costs the U.S.

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Calendar "ah ha"

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 January, 2010 Calendar "ah ha" I was participating in a Harvard sponsored webinar with my boss the other day. One of the things they recommended to executives was to use their electronic calendar to leave themselves reminders. . -- Wait a minute! I guess he thought I needed the help.

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Podcast 105: Desk triage

Clutter Coach

In the medical world, triage is used when there are many patients and limited resources. Becoming skilled at triage (AKA, ruthless decision making) means more of your time and energy goes to the important stuff. To do for event flyer: Add event to calendar and make a note to RSVP (if necessary) on calendar several days before.

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30 Minutes to Less Clutter

Clutter Coach

In the medical world, triage is used when there are many patients and limited resources. Becoming skilled at triage (AKA, ruthless decision making) means more of your time and energy goes to the important stuff. To do for event flyer: Add event to calendar and make a note to RSVP (if necessary) on calendar several days before.

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

Ideas.Ted

No company just lopped a day off their calendar. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018. Instead, they had to meaningfully redesign how they worked. Companies aren’t losing out on their bottom line, and they have happier, healthier and better workers.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work. So what can you do when your boss is ruining your perfectly scheduled calendar? Internal meetings can usually be changed more easily so start there.

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

Secure the date and time in his or her calendar, taking into consideration travel time if outside the office. State the purpose of the meeting in the calendar appointment as well as who will be at the meeting (i.e. Enter it in calendar. Meeting with Mr. Brown and Ms. If it is an internal meeting, has a meeting space been booked?