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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

Success

Although the practice of taking work sabbaticals has been common for university professors, most businesses and nonprofit organizations don’t offer this option. Much of nonprofit work is emotionally draining, whether directly assisting individuals, working with communities or driving public policy to change systems.

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Lessons From Higher Education To Guide Office Design

Allwork

Organizations grappling with the future of work — unless they go fully remote — need to reimagine how they design, plan, and manage space. Colleges and universities don’t always get space right, but their successes and challenges provide useful insight for organizations looking to learn. Scheduling .

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How Can Office Design Help To Rebuild Working Relationships?

Allwork

Unfortunately, getting back to “normal” isn’t as simple as reinstating pre-COVID work policies. It’s not (just) about proximity Face time can be great, but putting people together in an office doesn’t mean they will connect with each other or with their organization. In other words, they tried harder and accomplished more.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

Workers need insight into your company’s priorities along with their own role and importance to the overall organization. If you have a customer-is-always-right policy, describe what’s required to support it. An effective, accepted, and well-understood culture can keep teams more productive. Evaluate what’s working and adapt to change.

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Organising business travel is changing… Are you?

Practically Perfect PA

So, according to recent studies, the amount organizations spend on business travel is increasing year on year. This means that the amount of time assistants spends organising business travel is only going to grow. Organising business travel is changing… Are you? Bleisure Travel. New Travel Destinations.

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Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

Please help me write a professional email to my boss, the senior managing partner, to ask for funds to attend the Project Management Learning Lab in September. This is a full-day interactive virtual training program designed to help non-project managers understand the methodology to lead projects from concept to completion.

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COVID-19's Huge Financial Impact on Cities

Small Business Labs

According to the National League of Cities (NLC) , 65% of cities are being forced to delay or cancel capital spending and infrastructure projects due to COVID-19.   The NLC says cities are projected to lose $360 billion in revenue over the next 3 years due to the economic effects of the pandemic. 

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