Wed.Jul 19, 2023

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The Indispensable Role of PAs: Why Every Executive Needs One

The Assistant Room

In response to the recent article published by Glamour Magazine describing the role of a charity PA as a'lazy girl' job, this article delves into the significance of assistants around the world and why their presence is essential for every executive. The post The Indispensable Role of PAs: Why Every Executive Needs One first appeared on The Assistant Room.

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Identifying and Overcoming 4 Common Barriers to DEI

Allwork

While diversity is an important outcome of DEI work, diversity without creating an inclusive culture with the integration of equitable practices is a wasted opportunity. Initiatives often have a focus on awareness, such as unconscious bias training, rather than a comprehensive evaluation of structures and policies that may be causing disparate impact on certain members of the employee population.

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The Real Good Life Takes Dinner Stress Off Your Plate

Success

In seventh grade, Maggie Skarich Joos dreamed of owning a restaurant. But years later, after studying hospitality management and working in several restaurants, Skarich Joos realized the long evenings weren’t a good fit for her. She decided to channel her passion for food into creating The Real Good Life , a meal delivery business serving the Milwaukee area.

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AI Advancements in the Workplace Spark Employee Anxiety and Skills Gap Concerns

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What’s going on: The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is causing some anxiety among employees, with many fearing that their skills could become obsolete in the near future. Several surveys have revealed that employees with these fears believe their employers should play a role in reskilling them to ensure they aren’t easily replaced by AI, according to WorkLife.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 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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Episode 484: Josselyne Herman Saccio Talks About The Art of Being Unmissable With

Productivityist

Josselyne Herman Saccio joins the show to discuss her work helping people transform limiting beliefs and shift from a place of reaction to creation. She is a transformative coach and course leader with more than 30 years experience and as an author, CEO, Community Activist, founder of a non -profit and coach, she has worked with all kinds of people to empower them to live the life of their dreams NOW and ultimately be “unmessablewith.” She shares how she helps people develop the R

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The facilities manager’s fear of the penalty kick

Workplace Insight

On the whole, football is not a great source of inspiration for artists. It certainly doesn’t film well, although there is a small place for it in literature. The likes of Arnold Bennett, Orwell, Sartre and J B Priestley have all drawn from the game some metaphor, philosophical point, social observation or other. There are even some major literary figures who played the game to a decent level, and the curious thing about them is that they were all goalkeepers.

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Twitter Faces Second $500M Lawsuit Over Severance Pay Amidst Allegations of Age Discrimination

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What’s going on: Twitter Inc. is facing its second lawsuit within a month that claims that the company owes over $500 million in severance pay to former employees, according to Reuters. The news follows the 2022 acquisition of the social media giant by Elon Musk. The class action suit was filed in Delaware federal court by Chris Woodfield, a former senior engineer at Twitter, who alleges that the company specifically targeted older workers for layoffs.

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Are you ready for the latest family friendly employment laws?

Workplace Insight

It’s increasingly important for employers to have family-friendly employee benefits and policies to support recruitment and retention. These need to recognise the diverse needs and responsibilities of employees today and enable them to effectively balance their work and family life. Now to support employees and give them more protection in law three new ground-breaking employment laws will transform the employee benefit landscape.

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Workplace or Warzone? The Toxic Reality For 1 In 5 Americans

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What’s going on? According to the annual Work in America Survey conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA), nearly one in five American workers (19%) describe their workplace as toxic. The survey, which questioned 2,515 employed adults in April, found that such workplaces are characterized by infighting, intimidation, and other affronts that harm productivity, leading to high absenteeism, low productivity, and high turnover.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

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.

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Microsoft and Meta Announce AI Partnership for Llama 2

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What’s going on: Tech giants Meta and Microsoft have announced a new partnership to assist in the development of Meta’s new artificial intelligence (AI) software, Llama 2 , according to The Wall Street Journal. Meta’s new AI language model will be available for free for commercial use, and available to software developers working on Microsoft’s Azure cloud-computing platform.