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Colorado police department implements the 4-day work week — with great success

Allwork

While some labor groups have pushed for a four-day workweek during negotiations, this particular police department’s adjustment to a condensed schedule posed several challenges but also presented an opportunity to test the feasibility of such a change across various job roles within the city’s workforce.

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Society 18 Founder Pamela Zapata on Supporting Influencers of Color and Knowing Your Worth

Success

They didn’t understand how to negotiate contracts. I wanted to be a solution to the problem that I saw, which was that a lot of management agencies weren’t really looking for diverse creators in all ways, shapes and forms. Because I know what I felt like when I was negotiating my salary—it’s very hard to negotiate for yourself.

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A Manual for Dealing with Rejection

Success

A no can come in different forms, he explains. “‘I If the buyer consistently asks for more information after your initial closing attempt, then it is time to make an adjustment in your presentation,” says Hopkins. Investigate further to determine what aspect of your presentation isn’t clear.” It truly is a science.

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Employee Perk or Productivity Secret? Corporate Wellness Programs Deliver on Both

Success

Our employee population and past engagement helps drive our negotiations for rates. This happens in the form of vouchers, where employees are able to use credits, money or other systems to apply toward included or approved programs and initiatives. Employees present and future will see right through it.

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The five ages of the office and the man who shaped the way we talk about them

Workplace Insight

When I joined DEGW in 1984, the firm had just formed its defining relationship with Stanhope founder Sir Stuart Lipton, a partnership that was to produce some of the most revolutionary thinking on the nature of the office, leading to a re-invention of the product.

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Designing with Insight and Intention: Uncovering Behavioral and Functional Needs

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The folks present also have the opportunity to bounce ideas or observations off each other, and reach a consensus about the ways they work, what their priorities are, and to share what unwritten rules and more formal policies are more barrier to their effectiveness than helpful and what they would want more beneficial norms to be.

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Have You Reached A Career Plateau? How to Regain Control

Office Dynamics

Ask to join or form a workplace committee. The key is to present not only the concern that you’re overworked, but also one or more potential solutions. Ask questions to assess degrees of urgency, and practice negotiating timelines or redirecting requests. It’s Become Routine; I Could Do this in My Sleep. Feeling underutilized?

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