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Workplace Roles: Knowing When to Manage vs. When to Lead

Success

More concretely, the managing role involves directing and controlling groups of people to reach clear, specific goals. In comparison to leadership, management involves accomplishing the broad goals set by leaders. Leadership means inspiring people to do their best and accomplish goals that seem out of reach.

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Taking the DiSC Assessment Can Make Teams More Effective

Success

His 1920s book Emotions of Normal People laid the groundwork for the DiSC assessment and personality model, which today, after a bit of evolution in the hands of University of Minnesota researchers, creates better connection and understanding in the workplace among teams and organizations. The goal is simplicity.

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Choosing the Best Administrative Assistant or Executive Assistant Conference

Office Dynamics

What is your goal or goals for going to an administrative conference? Education wise: What skills do you need to grow? What new skills do you need to learn/develop? Make a comparison spreadsheet, if necessary Topics to be covered – do they align with your goals? Start with the end in mind.

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How to Become a More Valuable Employee

Eat Your Career

Think of it this way: As an employee, you are an investment for your organization. Their decision to buy from you (and keep buying) is based on a cost-to-value comparison. When your work has a clear, positive impact on the organization, you can justify your desire for a raise and support your request with concrete evidence.

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

Allwork

Remote work options can help utilize the unique experience and skills of minorities, increasing diversity and equity. . Regardless of mental health, disability, or minority status, 80% of all workers would leave their job to work for an organization that focused more on mental health (Westfall, C., Key Findings: . DeFelice, M.,

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What Busy Hospitals Can Teach You About Office Management

Office Dynamics

In comparison with a busy office, the emergency room staff fills many roles, such as that of a well-trained receptionist. Inappropriate skill combination. The minute it is clear to everyone in the organization that one unit needs help, management decisions can be made to reallocate workers. All beds are filled.

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Are you suffering from collaboration overload? 9 beliefs and fears that help drive it

Ideas.Ted

That’s what Rob Cross has realized after studying high (and low) performers at effective organizations for more than 20 years. If you jump in too quickly or too often, you can become a target for ever-expanding requests that bog you down and prevent you from meeting your bigger goals. We are collaborating too much.