Practically Perfect PA
JANUARY 25, 2024
Managing Your Manager: Understanding Their Preferences, Priorities, and Pet Peeves As an Assistant, managing your manager can sometimes be a challenging task. In a recent Virtual Summit, Podcast Host and Founder of The Linchpin Assistant, Liz Van Vliet, shared the three P's - Preferences, Priorities, and [.
Success
JANUARY 25, 2024
January is a season alive with the energy of new beginnings, a fresh start and people making New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately, around 80% of individuals abandon their resolutions by the second week of February each year. This means fewer than one in five people manage to adhere to their New Year’s goals. In 2024, you don’t have to fall off the resolution wagon.
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Allwork
JANUARY 25, 2024
The traditional five-day grind may need a shake-up; extensive studies reveal that long hours do not equate to better output. Dr. Dale Whelehan advocates for the 180-100 approach to work, in which employees deliver full productivity (100%) in less time (80%) without a reduction in pay. The four-day week conserves individuals’ time and mental bandwidth, all while fueling organizations’ need for creativity and resilience.
Success
JANUARY 25, 2024
I set my bike down, peeled off my helmet and grabbed a handful of peanut butter M&Ms, my go-to fuel during outdoor adventures. As I ate in this suburban St. Louis park, I looked to my right toward a hill that sloped down to a wooded area. Two men walked out from the trees. Their body language was unpleasant, their behavior even worse. One yelled at the other, “Would you let me just look at that map for one second?!
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💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
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Allwork
JANUARY 25, 2024
As WeWork moves onward with its dramatic restructuring efforts , the company is being accused by some of its landlords for withholding millions in rent payments. According to a report published by the Commercial Observer , WeWork did not pay $33 million in rent to the owners of six buildings across the U.S. — which was due on January 1. In a recent court filing , as first reported by BisNow , the withholding of rent payments is being cited as a negotiation tactic used by WeWork to put press
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Allwork
JANUARY 25, 2024
Many employers around the world are offering greater flexibility , with hybrid work leading as the preferred work model in countries like the U.K. Fully remote work is not disappearing, but many looking for these jobs may be wondering where they have gone. A recent study published by SmartAsset examined remote work trends in 344 large U.S. cities, and the data revealed that Cary, N.C., has the highest percentage of remote workers with 41.4% of its workers working from home.
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 25, 2024
Employees who are much younger than their managers report lower productivity than those closer in age due to a lack of collaboration between employees of different generations, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in collaboration with consulting firm, Protiviti. An external survey conducted by LSE of 1,450 employees in the finance, technology and professional services industries in the UK and USA, found that friction between different genera
Allwork
JANUARY 25, 2024
Gen Z and young millennial employees in Britain are losing a significant amount of work time — equivalent to about one day per week — due to mental health issues, according to research conducted by Vitality. The study reveals that, on average, U.K. workers feel unable to work for nearly 50 days a year, according to a report published by Fortune. The total number of missed out days increases for younger workers under 30.
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 25, 2024
Virgin Media O2 Business’ first full-year Movers Index claims that 2023 was the year of the ‘Great Office Return’, with 40 percent of companies returning to a five-day office working week, despite more than half (55 percent) of workers experiencing public transport delays of an hour or more on their commute. The Movers Index claims that businesses and consumers alike are doubling down on getting the most value for every pound spent amid the cost-of-living crisis.
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Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 25, 2024
The British Council for Offices has unveiled its new research agenda, which will it says will aim to guide and inspire the office sector amid disruption. The BCO says the agenda is a direct response to the current and ongoing dynamics in the office sector. The publication aims to lay the groundwork for a new vision of the office as an economically productive, occupier-first, technologically enabled and sustainable part of our built environment.
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 25, 2024
Almost 40 per cent of female tech leavers cited caring commitments as a decisive factor in their decision to leave the industry, according to research by Tech Talent Charter. Work life balance was ranked the most important consideration, as working parents are juggling careers and full-time caring commitments, prompting the Tech Talent Charter and MotherBoard Charter to join forces to address maternity retention in tech.
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 25, 2024
There have been many experiments over the years that expose the darker aspects of human nature. One of the most telling of these was carried out by two American researchers called John Darley and Bibb Latane in 1968. The two men’s work was partly inspired by a notorious 1964 murder in which a woman called Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in public.
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