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Instead Of Trying To Compete With The Home Office — Work With It

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Consider that rather than trying to compete with the home office, organizations could benefit from embracing and building on it? Competing With the Home Office. Productivity is now the realm of the home, and community is the realm of the workplace. These activities suffer when performed at a distance.

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Design For Human Aspirations To Attract All Generations

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To attract diverse generations in the workplace, businesses should focus on universal human aspirations like purpose and belonging, essential for engagement and recommending the organization as a great place to work. Over 60% of the office vacancies are concentrated in 10% of buildings, according to JLL’s 2023 research.

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Five Essential Strategies for Successful Hybrid Leadership

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Managers can foster weak bonds by organizing in-person events that bring together members from different teams. Another effective approach is pairing junior staff with different senior staff as mentors, which has been found to be very effective in expanding the network and building the weak ties of junior staff.

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10 Thoughtful Ways to Thank Your Admin Team

All Things Admin

Assemble a package of bright and cheerful office supplies that can help them do their jobs more effectively at home. Shop online and ship directly to their home office! It may include file folders, spiral notebooks, pens, and sticky notes. Handwritten letter or e-card.

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An Admin’s Guide to Virtual Meeting Etiquette

All Things Admin

People set up home offices and found ways to avoid interruptions. When the world reopened, not everyone decided to go back to the office. In those early days, it wasn’t uncommon to see cluttered backgrounds, spouses trying to sneak through the frame, children interrupting with pleas for snacks, or pets making cameos.

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The Office Of The Future: How Workspaces Must Adapt For The Hybrid Era

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Offices designed for employees to be present 9-to-5, Monday through Friday, don’t match the needs of a workforce splitting time between home and the office. I spoke with workplace expert Samu Hällfors , CEO of Framery, about how offices should be changing to enable the best results from hybrid teams.

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

If you're starting a new line of work, or you're just starting your career, telecommuting will limit your ability to find a mentor, learn on-the-job, and develop relationships with your co-workers. 3) You want to work at home so you can look after your children. Self-organization. Self-organization.