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JULY 9, 2024

“If you are human, you love stories. Why? We’re hardwired to love stories because they help us understand our world and are essential to our evolution.” — How Your Story Sets You Free, by Heather Box and Julian Mocine-McQueen What makes a good story? And why is storytelling so important to us? According to a study by the National Library of Medicine , “narratives that cause us to pay attention and also involve us emotionally are the stories that move us to action.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 9, 2024

Discover the role, duties, and skills of an Executive Assistant, and explore if it's the right career path for you.

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JULY 9, 2024

Embracing a lifestyle defined by flexibility and adventure, digital nomads have redefined the traditional notions of work and travel. This modern breed of professionals leverages technology to break free from geographical constraints to blend work, family life and wanderlust. For today’s digital nomads, remote work is not just a job—it’s an intentional lifestyle choice that offers both rewards and challenges.

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Allwork

JULY 9, 2024

New research shows a “complexity crisis” is affecting frontline managers, who are often tasked with leading efforts to improve employee retention and productivity across the majority (80%) of the global workforce. The complex crisis refers to the multifaceted and increasing challenges that frontline managers face in today’s highly competitive work environments.

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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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JULY 9, 2024

This past year has widely been touted as the year of “return to work.” After extolling the value of hiring remote workers, especially as necessitated by the pandemic, many companies are now requiring employees to return back to the office, either full-time or in a hybrid role. Take IBM, for example. In a widely circulated 2014 white paper titled “Challenging the modern myths of remote working,” the company, known as a pioneer in telecommuting, highlighted the various benefits of hiring remote wo

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Tips From T. Marie

JULY 9, 2024

I grew up hating chores. Not because of the chores themselves—I actually didn’t mind helping out. What totally discouraged me was the fact that no matter how hard I tried, my efforts were never good enough for my mother. She’d always come along behind me and redo what I had just done. Talk about frustrating! I never felt that I could meet her expectations when it came to chores.

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Stress Learning UPS 159

Allwork

JULY 9, 2024

The impact of menopause on women’s work lives can present significant challenges, with 44% of working women reporting that their ability to work is affected during menopause, which can last seven years. Effectively addressing menopause requires a fundamental change in workplace culture and legal safeguards to ensure women receive the essential support needed to succeed professionally during this transitional period.

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JULY 9, 2024

At the end of her 2021 book, Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power , Tamara Winfrey-Harris wrote, “We will get free together.” Now, the author and president of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana is back with her recipe for living authentically and unapologetically in her book, A Black Woman’s Guide to Getting Free (Berrett-Koehler Publishers: July 9, 2024).

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JULY 9, 2024

A 15-month trial of a four-day workweek introduced by South Cambridgeshire District Council in the U.K. has revealed overwhelming benefits in favor of the reduced workweek. Launched in January 2023, the largest U.K. public sector trial was designed to evaluate whether a shorter working week could maintain or improve productivity without cutting employee wages, and for the most part it did.

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