Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2016

For an assistant, travel planning can be a nightmare! The problem of travel planning is massive and it’s plagued our field for decades. You’ll begin to see travel planning as an opportunity, rather than an obstacle, to demonstrate your revolutionary skills. Stop struggling with travel planning problems!

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 5, 2016

In last year’s Practically Perfect PA reader’s survey I asked you lovely lot “What area of your role do you think you need to learn more about? ”. Business travel was a pretty clear winner. From this Assist Travel was born. The aim of Assist Travel. The aims of Assist Travel are three fold.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 19, 2015

The blog has come a long way since October 2011 and I’m really excited about what we have planned for the next few months, including Assist Travel and the next Assist Conference. The last few years I have conducted a reader survey that really helped me move the blog forward and I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions again.

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Allwork

JANUARY 10, 2023

A Future Forum survey found that 21% of all White knowledge workers wanted a return to full-time in-office work, but only 3% of all Black knowledge workers wanted the same. A June 2022 McKinsey survey of all workers, remote-capable and not, provides further context on preferences for hybrid work. Resistance .

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 12, 2016

We are offering ten lucky readers the chance to attend Assist Travel for free. More information on the programme and the speakers can be found on the Assist Travel website. To enter the competition please complete the Travo survey. Planning travel for your team should take minutes, not hours! More from our sponsor.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Surveys show that hybrid and remote workers feel lonelier and have fewer friends on the job. Surveys show that hybrid and remote workers feel lonelier and have fewer friends on the job, and yet, these relationships carry more weight than ever before. The built environment shapes behaviors. Workplace friendships took a hit during COVID.

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Allwork

JULY 5, 2023

However, more than two-thirds (70%) say there is something that prevents them from doing so. These insights help leaders to establish a culture where employees feel free to disconnect and take time off without worrying about work coverage.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 28, 2022

To succeed in our increasingly hybrid and remote future will require retraining managers in evaluating performance and addressing proximity bias. More concretely, 49% of managers of hybrid workers “struggle to trust their employees to do their best work.” But this number improved to 9% by summer 2022. .

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Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

.” The main contributors to carbon footprint for onsite and hybrid workers, according to the study, are travel and office energy use. Notable findings and observations include: Non-commute travel, such as trips to social and recreational activities, becomes more significant as the number of remote workdays increases.

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Success

APRIL 1, 2024

Allowing lifestyle creep as your career grows “On social media, everyone seems to be traveling and going out to amazing dinners,” Raimondi says. Or perhaps travel is your top hobby, and you want to devote your dollars to trips abroad. After all, they hope to turn you into a client with a lot of money to manage.)

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Allwork

JUNE 1, 2022

According to a Morning Consult survey of 1,300 people who quit their jobs in the last year, 63% stated that money was their main concern. . According to the survey, the average American would notice an improvement in the quality of their life with an extra $5,780 each year, or roughly $482 extra per month .

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Success

JANUARY 16, 2023

survey of over 600 employees from 20 industries found that, “on average, employees have 17.7 meetings (totaling 18 hours) per week,” numbers which increase as “management level and number of direct reports increases.” Additionally, non-management employees reported that only 11.9 A 2022 Otter.ai The same Otter.ai

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Allwork

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The recent data stems from a study by flexible workspace provider IWG , which manages around 300 offices under brands such as Regus and Spaces. The study reveals that a significant 82% of companies have modified their office requirements to accommodate more flexible work arrangements.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We recently worked with Gallus Events who managed our Assist Travel event in London. The event management was seamless and one of the main reasons was because they used an online event registration / management platform called Eventbrite. Eventbrite Event Management. What events can be managed on Eventbrite?

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Success

JUNE 26, 2023

between the ages of 45-60, roughly the average age range for menopause, according to a Mayo Clinic survey. ” The previously mentioned Mayo Clinic survey also revealed that menopause is having a “major negative impact” on this demographic and their workplace outcomes, calling for improved medical treatments and workplace support systems.

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Success

JANUARY 30, 2024

Unlearning Silence by Elaine Lin Hering It’s a concept Harvard Law School lecturer Elaine Lin Hering , an expert in negotiation, influence and conflict management skills, explores in her upcoming book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. A 2020 survey found that 17.5% says Timothy J.

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Success

MAY 10, 2023

By managing for three days, we were taking time away from managers who had to understand, and explain, any variances,” he says. In an employee survey, he found that half of their full-time employees see flexible work as among the most valuable company benefits, preventing leaders from wanting to mandate a full return.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 11, 2023

That is according to The Scaleup Culture Report [registration] from Techspace, based on a YouGov survey of 1,000 tech workers. Three quarters (75 percent) of tech workers surveyed say their working week is already some variant of hybrid working, which the report categorises as either hybrid fixed or hybrid flex.

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On The Job

MARCH 18, 2014

People leave managers A Gallup poll of more than 1 million employed U.S. People leave managers, not companies. In the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue,” Gallup reports. Specifically, Gallup finds that poorly managed work groups are on average 50% less productive and 44% less profitable than well-managed groups.

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Success

APRIL 1, 2024

Allowing lifestyle creep as your career grows “On social media, everyone seems to be traveling and going out to amazing dinners,” Raimondi says. Or perhaps travel is your top hobby, and you want to devote your dollars to trips abroad. After all, they hope to turn you into a client with a lot of money to manage.)

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Success

OCTOBER 16, 2022

I was traveling on business and planning to open a new franchise in the area, I said. When I returned to my office in Atlanta, I shared the nerve-wracking experience with my manager, one of the few Black directors in the company. Unfortunately, the entire experience was spoiled by an incident at a popular breakfast restaurant.

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Workplace Insight

AUGUST 11, 2023

A new poll from IWG claims to highlight the challenges faced by working parents in managing childcare commitments during the summer holidays. The survey of more than 1,000 working parents, suggests that almost two thirds (62 percent) find arranging childcare for the school summer holidays to be a significant source of stress.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 31, 2019

My executive, Don Harms, tried multiple different task management tools but found that none were designed for the unique relationship between an executive and executive assistant. Other ideas presented included: An executive’s travel binder. It is called Emmre. Here is Kristie’s story. “My So he decided to create his own tool.

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The British Safety Council has published an introductory guide for employers to help them manage risks posed by storing and charging lithium-powered e-bikes and scooters in the workplace. Most e-bikes are powered by Lithium Ion (Li-on) batteries, larger versions of the kind found in our smartphones, tablets, and some laptops.

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Allwork

JUNE 5, 2023

Programming has been a part of interior design and workplace strategy for decades, but is often cut from the project scope — ostensibly to save time and fees…but equally likely so as to limit disruption, and avoid awkward conversations and mis-managing expectations. without major travel time. We think this is a monumental mistake.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

While your management team or HR organization may have certain ideas on what’s essential for retaining a loyal, productive workforce, go directly to your workers, such as via a survey, and identify their priorities. . A few years ago, I bought Oculus headsets for some team members. Immersive technology will only get much better.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 24, 2010

   As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey.    Click Here to Take the Survey.   Click Here to Take the Survey.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 13, 2017

Basics include: travel planning, appointment coordination, meeting preparation, all facets of communication, organizational skills, and time and project management. Last fall 700+ assistants responded to a survey sent out by Office Dynamics. Do you know what rose to the top of the list? The basics.

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Success

JUNE 6, 2023

As many as 31% of workers actively planned to quit their jobs in 2022, alongside 28% of workers who were undecided on the matter, according to a survey by the Conference Board. We offer a travel stipend. The Great Resignation turned all eyes toward reasons employees might want to quit their jobs. Do we have staff who have to commute?

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Melissa Cooksey, Senior Interior Project Manager at Perkins&Will’s Dallas office, wants to push the sector to break free from these perceived limitations. Interior Project Manager, Principal, Perkins&Will’s Dallas studio. Deloitte’s Global 2022 GenZ and Millennial Survey. But is it really lacking? Green Building Council.

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Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A different Statistica survey found that 31 percent of UK social media users aged between 16 and 24 years reported spending between 1-2 hours per day using TikTok, while 25 percent reported spending between 3-4 hours per day on the social video app. Wellness in the workplace must be central to the design of future office space.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 1, 2023

One in four (23 percent) UK office workers plan to take advantage of remote working to log on from abroad in 2023, with a third (32 percent) doing so against company rules, according to new research by the risk management and insurance broker, Gallagher.

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Success

JANUARY 1, 2023

million people above the age of 18 were living with a mental illness, according to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. And, according to a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between 2017 and March 2020, the percentage of obese Americans over 20 was 41.9%, with 9.2% How to keep your brain healthy.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 28, 2023

A Linkedin survey reported that 89% of talent professionals attribute lack of soft skills as the reason for a bad hire and 92% feel that soft skills matter as much or more than hard skills when hiring. For most C-Suite executives, expertise in booking travel domestically and/or internationally is critical.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 12, 2022

To give some context, nearly one-third of those we surveyed last year (ranging from senior executives to business leaders) said that they had questioned their career paths during the pandemic. As corporate travel makes a return, teams will need to be challenged to find alternative ways to connect.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

So it’s larger companies, more 100 employees where they’re fitting out and managing that whole space themselves. But this middle ground is, I would say, managed solution that’s somewhere between a traditional office lease and the traditional sort of flex office sector. That instant office doing much more.

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