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Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? Im considered a white-collar professional, and have been in management. My Dad was a blue-collar worker.

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How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe

Workplace Insight

Led by the brothers Eberhard and Wolfgang Schnelle, the firm applied the egalitarian principles of the post war world and rejection of the scientific management theories that had created the familiar factory-like rows of desks that had come to dominate open plan offices to create something more in tune with the new age. Some familiar themes.

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Hacking Corporate: How to Create the Work Environment You Want

Productivityist

Which environment creates more value: one where employees have autonomy to pursue a challenging, purpose-driven career, or one where he or she is constrained to a cubicle, micro-managed, and challenged with unnecessary meetings? In practice, this may mean you work from a location other than your cubicle. Lead By Example.

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The Habit Of Getting Things Done

Productivity Bits

You might opt to retire from your current job, but guess what, work does not end with your retirement. Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. What does this tell us? You’re right.

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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

I feel like I can jump from cubicle to cubicle across the world, being a fly, er, spider on the wall. They can’t even look forward to retirement, because they’re going to have to work longer now. One 20-year-veteran of property management recently told Blume that her job was “eating her soul.”

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You Will Survive: 8 Strategies to Overcome New Entrepreneur Anxiety

Success

Breathe and know that there’s no need to retreat back to cubicle-land. There is an escape from the Money Panic, and it doesn’t involve selling off retirement investments or increasing your credit card limit. Any entrepreneur can tell you that the hardest part of the role is managing your own mental state. Harness self-doubt.

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

We’ve been so busy telling people to Escape Cubicle Nation , retire to 4 Hour Work Weeks and become Non-Conformists … that we’ve overlooked a few advantages of old-school big business entrepreneurs. Manage your Cashflow for real. Despite the obvious sarcasm, solopreneur life isn’t bad for those willing to make it work.