Allwork

MARCH 6, 2024

An effective office layout embraces a mix of experiences, providing a range of work surfaces and seating options to suit various tasks and employee preferences, enabling both focused work and dynamic collaboration. Efficient business performance and employee engagement require easy access to stored information—including digital repositories and peer knowledge—as well as adaptive screen technology that recognizes users and provides necessary data for their daily tasks.

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Success

MARCH 6, 2024

Orion Brown was on a trip to Japan, looking at photos of herself in front of stunning backdrops when she realized something was off—and it wasn’t the scenery. It was her hair. She had miscalculated the extent of the humidity, and her tiny travel bottle of conditioner wasn’t cutting it when it came to taming her tresses. This experience, and many others throughout her life’s travels, made her wonder why finding appropriate beauty and self-care products when traveling as a Black woman was so diffi

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Allwork

MARCH 6, 2024

For coworking operators, consider the essence of your coworking brand beyond the physical space, focusing on community and members’ connection to one another. Evaluate how strongly your coworking community is bonded; assess if they would disband, partially stick together, or fully strive to maintain the coworking spirit if the space vanished. Recognize that a coworking area’s quality is secondary to the activation and engagement of its community, which is essential for a sustainable

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

The widespread adoption of hybrid working has opened the door for women to apply for senior positions within their companies, according to a new report released ahead of International Women’s Day. IWG’s 2024 report Advancing Equality: Women in the Hybrid Workplace, based on research among more than 1,000 female hybrid workers, found that flexible working had allowed over half (53 percent) to pursue promotions or apply for more senior roles – which, in an encouraging move for advancing equ

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Allwork

MARCH 6, 2024

In an era where technological advancements and automation are at the forefront of discussions related to the future of work, some researchers are raising the question: what will happen to skilled labor? According to research published by Korn Ferry , by 2030 the world may not actually be grappling with a surplus of robots, but rather, a major deficit of skilled human talent.

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Productivityist

MARCH 6, 2024

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Knudsen , author of the non-traditional business book, “Trust Me, I’m a Consultant.” Chris shared insights into the unconventional approach to writing a business book, reflecting on his extensive experience in the corporate world and his successful transition to self-employment.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

Ahead of International Women’s Day, new data from Ricoh Europe claims that UK and Irish businesses risk losing out on top female talent due to an inability to support workplace flexibility, exacerbated by a lack of technology and fit-for-purpose people policy. The research, conducted by Opinium and analysed by CEBR on behalf of Ricoh Europe , polled 1,000 workers and 250 decision-makers across the UK and Ireland.

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All Things Admin

MARCH 6, 2024

Procedures and systems go hand in hand. A procedure is a documented, step-by-step list of instructions that guides a person through a specific task from start to finish. A system is a series of procedures that all work together to accomplish larger, more complex tasks and projects. For example, when we do webinars, there are things that happen before the webinar to set it up, tasks we need to perform the day of the event, and post-event procedures for adding the replay to our online training cen

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

Employees are more likely to make donations and willingly volunteer outside of work if their employers engage in environmentally-conscious activities, finds new research from Mannheim Business School (MBS). The findings have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Dr. Irmela Koch-Bayram and Prof. Dr. Torsten Biemann, both from MBS, conducted three experiments to investigate how an employees’ private prosocial behaviour is impacted by their organisation’s environmental corporate social

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Allwork

MARCH 6, 2024

Workplace bullying, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute, is repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more employees. Workplace bullying and harassment can happen in both in-person or remote workplaces, affecting the productivity and mental health of workers. Proactive measures like nurturing a strong company culture and having clear policies and reporting systems are key in preventing and addressing workplace harassment, bullying, and violence.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

The majority of women in the workplace have experienced health problems at work (74 percent) yet there is a lack of support available to help them, according to new data from Simplyhealth. In the new research, women reported generally higher rates of being affected by health issues than men in the workplace, with around four-in-ten (37 percent) reporting experiencing anxiety last year compared to just 26 percent of men.

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Success

MARCH 6, 2024

DECEMBER 1897, Premier issue When Florence Nightingale left home and friends to care for the sick and suffering, she little knew how her influence and example would lead thousands of women to become conscientious, well-trained nurses. The great good accomplished by them has gradually hushed the criticism and slander against those who pass out from home life because they wish to do good to others or to be independent of the aid and support of family or friends.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

Recent data from Vitality found that the average employee works but underperforms during an average of 50 days a year due to burnout, stress, and insomnia – costing the UK economy £138bn. This corroborates findings from our own Work Innovation Lab which revealed that 4 in 10 UK employees say that their organisations are currently experiencing ‘a high rate’ of burnout.

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Allwork

MARCH 6, 2024

In a dispute that highlights the growing ethical debate in the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, OpenAI has published a company blog post addressing the lawsuit filed recently by Elon Musk , publicly stating, “We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims.” Last week Musk took legal action against OpenAI , the bleeding edge AI organization that he helped co-found, serving on the board until 2018.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

The 2024 edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer claims to expose a rift on the subjects of AI and innovation that has become a new factor in the polarisation of societies. Respondents, by nearly a two-to-one margin, feel innovation is being poorly managed; this is true across age groups, income levels, and gender, and in both developed and developing countries people are more likely to say innovation is poorly managed than well managed.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

Four years ago this month, we were all given our first ‘work from home’ mandate. A clear, unambiguous instruction from the UK government that, in the grip of a quickly spreading global pandemic, we should all work from home where possible. And amid the biggest seismic shift of our lifetime, it was an easy instruction to follow. Hunker down and wait patiently until we find a ‘new normal.

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